Dalit Studies and Dalit Movements in India

Vivek Kumar (PhD) Professor of Sociology at Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU. His research focuses on Methodology of Social Sciences, South Asian sociology, and marginalized communities. Decoding Ambedkar (2024), Caste and Democracy (2014), Dalit Leadership (2002) are his important books and How Egalitarian is Indian Sociology? (2016) is seminal article.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Nature and Scope of Dalit Studies: People, Institutions and ProcessesChapter 3 Dalit Perspective: Philosophical and Theoretical RationaleChapter 4 Framework to Understand Dr. Ambedkar's Thoughts and PhiosophyChapter 5 Dalit Movement: Theoretical and Epistemological IssuesChapter 6 Nature and Dynamics of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's MovementsChapter 7 Different Shades of Dalit Movements: A Pan-Indian PerspectiveChapter 8 Dalit Assertion and Movements in Uttar PradeshChapter 9 A Question of Caste: Including Dalits in Global PoliticsChapter 10 Conclusion