The politics of social exclusion in India : democracy at the crossroads / / edited by Harihar Bhattacharyya, Partha Sarkar and Angshuman Kar
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| Titolo: |
The politics of social exclusion in India : democracy at the crossroads / / edited by Harihar Bhattacharyya, Partha Sarkar and Angshuman Kar
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.154 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marginality, Social - Political aspects - India |
| Soggetto geografico: | India Social conditions 1947- |
| Altri autori: |
BhattacharyyaHarihar
KaraAmsumana
SarkarPartha
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: The politics of social exclusion in India: democracy at the crossroads; 1 Some theoretical issues concerning social exclusion and inclusion in India; 2 Social exclusion and the strategy of empowerment; 3 Identity politics and social exclusion in India's North-East: The case for redistributive justice; 4 Inclusion in nationhood: Bhudev Mukhopadhyay's concept of jatiyabhav; 5 Rabindranath's concept of social exclusion and inclusion in India: A nation without nationalism |
| 6 Identity and social exclusion in India: A Muslim perspective7 Inclusive and exclusive development in India in the post-reform era; 8 Social exclusion in India: Evidences from wage labour market; 9 The Polavaram Dam project: A case of displacement of marginalized people; 10 Purity as exclusion, caste as division: The ongoing battle for equality; 11 Narrating gender and power: Literary and cultural texts and contexts; 12 Girish Karnad's The Fire and the Rain: A study in myths of power; Conclusion: Democracy at the crossroads; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Both exclusion and inclusion relate to the access to participation in the public realm, public goods and services for certain groups of people who are minorities, marginalized and deprived. Democratization has led to the inclusion of the previously excluded in the political process. While the problems of exclusion remain even in advanced Western countries in respect of the minorities of sorts, and the underprivileged, the problem of deep-rooted social and cultural exclusions is acute in post-colonial countr |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of social exclusion in India |
| ISBN: | 1-135-19272-3 |
| 1-135-19273-1 | |
| 1-282-59056-1 | |
| 9786612590566 | |
| 0-203-86424-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792407503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; ; 14.