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Social Inclusion in Independent India : Dimensions and Approaches
T. K. Oommen
Price
1345.00
ISBN
9788125056294
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2014
Series
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan
Out Of Stock
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Anthropology / Ethnography
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Dalit Studies
,
Political Science
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Social Sciences
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Sociology
About the Book
About the Author
Table of Contents
In Pictures
This book discusses the various forms of
social and economic exclusion (discrimination and marginalisation)
that persist in contemporary India, and how they may be remedied.
It argues that a
welfare state
can be created by securing
social, economic and political justice
for the
socially and educationally backward classes
of citizens.
It argues that
inclusive growth
and
human development
can be achived only by ensuring
equality of status and opportunity
for the vulnerable sections of society.
It suggests
affirmative action/positive discrimination—reservation of seats in education institutuions and reservation in jobs
—that may be adopted to build a more inclusive society.
This proposition is examined with reference to nine excluded social categories—
Dalits, Adivasis, subalterns, religious and linguistic minorities, women, migrants, the poor, and the disabled
.
T. K. Oommen
is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Introduction : From Social Citizenship to Social Inclusion
1. Exclusion/Inclusion in Colonial India: Ideological Predilections and Conceptual Confusions
2. Dalits: Congenital Victims of Attributed Low Ritual Status in Caste Hierarchy
3. Adivasis: Denial of Territorial Autonomy and Cultural Marginalization
4. Other Backward Classes: Partial Exclusion Leading to Status Incongruence
5. Religious Minorities: Inclusion Which Undermines Identity and Exclusion Which Imperils Equity
6. Linguistic Minorities: Marginalisation in the Process of Building the `Nation-State’
7. Inclusion of Women: Distinctive Physiology or Persisting Patriarchy?
8. Towards a Category-wise Approach to the Inclusion of the Excluded
9. The Poor: Inclusion through the Shifting Poverty Line?
10. The Disabled: Inclusion sans Dignity?
11. Refugees, Foreigners, Outsiders and North-East India: Need for Differing Approaches for Social Inclusion
Release Date: 13-01-2015 Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi