Affirmative action, commonly alluded to as reservation, is one of the few policy instrumentalities provided in the Indian Constitution to peck a new socio-political order based on equality and justice. On the one side, the policy seeks to compensate for the unprecedented discrimination heaped on the marginalized sections of the society, and on the other side to empower and integrate these people with the mainstream society, in a sense to oversee their transformation from the status of subjects under ancient regimen to that of citizens in a modern democratic polity. This book traces with brilliant analytical clarity the impact and consequences of reservation on the Scheduled Caste in Kerala.. What is the degree and extent of their social mobility? Have these people achieved social acceptance and integrated with the larger society? Is there a caste differential in mobility among them? What is the role of elected SC representatives in the decision making process? What is the extent of their political mobility? These are some of the specific issues addressed in the book. And this makes it an essential reading for those who are interested in understanding the implication and impact of reservation and, in a sense, the working of the Indian Constitution for the last half a century.