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100			_aLerche, Jens
245			_aTransnational advocacy networks and affirmative action for dalits in India
260			_c2008
300			_ap.239-61.
362			_aMar
520			_aIn India, movements and parties representing the lowest ranking dalit caste groups have followed different strategies in their struggle against social, economic and cultural discrimination. In this article, a new dalit movement making use of a `transnational advocacy network strategy' will be compared to a more `classical' dalit political party. The main policy target for the new movement is an extension of existing affirmative action policies, while the dalit BSP party focuses more on emancipatory issues. Based on an analysis of the impacts of the BSP and of the new movement at the grassroots level, it is argued that the achievements of the new movement are tempered by the fact that in order to make use of international discourses and political pressure, the movement has had to develop a strategy and policy proposals compatible with existing mainstream neoliberal discourses. This depoliticizes the policies, and hence makes them of less importance strategically. It is argued that this is likely to be a difficulty for transnational advocacy networks in general. - Reproduced.
650			_aDalits - India
650			_aBackward classes - India
650			_aBackward classes
773			_aDevelopment and Change
908			_aN
909			_a78037
999			_c78037 _d78037