Journal of Contemporary Politics

Abstract

The social and political marginalities and the politics of the marginalized in today’s India are fragmented and competing marginalities; they do not make for a unified force of opposition to the dominant theoretical or empirical frameworks. This is owing to the fact of the changing role of the political economy of the country, the role of the state whose economic and political reach has been tremendous, and the strategies of the mainstream political system which keep on inventing populisms of various kinds; and finally the nature of the social change itself, have all lead to the continued extension and prevalence of the hegemony of the dominant communities over the marginalized, particularly the Dalit and Adivasi communities.

Keywords: Dalits, Adivasis, Andhra Pradesh, India