Atlas / Organisations / Ambedkarism
Ambedkarism
Navayana, Dalit emancipation · 1927– · India · Emancipatory · Doctrine / school · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Annihilation of caste as the precondition of any real democracy; constitutional rights and affirmative action as the instrument.
Economic model
State socialism in key industries and agriculture, written into a proposed constitutional guarantee.
Organisation of powers
Constitutional democracy with entrenched rights, judicial review and reserved representation for oppressed castes.
Reading note
Wrote the Indian constitution. Sits at the universalist extreme of the membership axis and is regularly and wrongly filed as a sectional interest.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −05
Coded −5: state socialism in industry and agriculture, proposed as a constitutional guarantee.
- Programme textStates and Minorities (1947) proposed constitutionally mandated state ownership of key industry and land.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −09
At the liberal pole: caste treated as the thing to be annihilated rather than reformed.
- Programme textAnnihilation of Caste (1936) argues that caste cannot be reformed and must be destroyed with its scriptural basis.
AU · Organisation of power · scored −03
Coded −3: entrenched rights and judicial review as the instrument.
- Documented act or statuteChaired the drafting committee of a constitution with justiciable fundamental rights.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +03
Coded +3: a strong central state as the guarantor against local domination.
- Programme textArgued that village republics were sites of oppression rather than of democracy.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −09
At the universalist pole: constitutional equality with reserved representation as a remedy.
- Documented act or statuteArticle 17 of the Indian constitution abolishes untouchability outright.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −03
Coded −3: constitutional method, with mass conversion as the final act.
- Documented act or statuteConverted to Buddhism with around 400,000 followers in October 1956.
Where it came from, and what came after
- gave doctrine toBahujan Samaj Party
The party takes its doctrine directly from his writings and its name from his category.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
- US Democratic Socialism2.2
- Die Linke2.8
- Sumar / Podemos3.5
- Syriza3.7
- New Democratic Party4.2
- Global Greens4.5
Countries
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