Author: India. Backward Classes Commission.
Title: Report of the Backward Classes Commission, 1980, Government of India. First - Second Part
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, 1981. orig.wrappers. 29x21cm, 129 + 273 pp. TWO VOLUMES.. Rubbed. Spine chipped & torn. Good. ¶ Contents: The First Backward Classes Commission; Status of Other Backward Classes in Some States; Methodology & Data Base; Social Backwardness & Caste; Social Dynamics of Caste; Social Justice, Merit & Privilege; Social Justice, Constitutuion & the Law; North-South Comparison of Other Backward Classes Welfare ( A Case Study of Four States); Evidence by Central & State Governments; Evidence by the Public; Socio-Educational Field Survey &Criteria of Backwardness; Identification of O.B.C.s; Recommendations; Appendices; [Vol. II] Analysis of the Court Cases & Legislative Debates Relating to the First Admendment to the Constitution; Summary of Cases Under Article 15(4); Constitutent Assembly Debates & Summary of Court Cases Under Article 16(4); Analysis of Cases Under Article 15(4); Tamil Nadu: From the Non-Brahmin Movement to Tamil Revivalism; Karnataka; A Two- Stage Backward Classes Movement; Bihar: Fragmented & Telescoped Backward Classes Movement; Uttar Pradesh: Belated & Imperfect Mobilization of the Backwards; Socio-Educational Survey Tables; Statewise List of Other Backward Classes; Minute of Dissent by Shri Naik (Ex-M.P.) Member.

Keywords: Indian Social Movements, Caste Movements, Scheduled Castes, Dalit Dalits, Bahujan, Constitutional Law, Legal History, India South Asia,