000			01090nam a2200169 4500
020			_a9781564322289
082			_a323.1086940954 _bBRO
245			_aBroken people : caste violence against India's "untouchables."
260			_aNew York _bHuman rights watch _c1998
300			_a291 p.
520			_aThis report is about caste, but it is also about class, gender, poverty, labor, and land. For those at the bottom of its hierarchy, caste is a determinative factor for the attainment of social, political, civil, and economic rights. Most of the conflicts documented in this report take place within very narrow segments of the caste hierarchy, between the poor and the not-so-poor, the landless laborer and the small landowner. The differences lie in the considerable amount of leverage that the higher-caste Hindus or non-Dalits are able to wield over local police, district administrations, and even the state government.
650			_aPolitical violence
650			_aCaste--Law and legislation
650			_aDalits--Social conditions
650			_aDalits--Civil rights
942			_cBK
999			_c62475 _d62475