The Politics of Social Exclusion in India
Democracy at the Crossroads
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The Politics of Social Exclusion in India
Democracy at the Crossroads
About this book
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 countries, including India. This book analyses social exclusions in India, which remain the most solid challenges to Indian democracy and development. Communal clashes, ethnic riots, political secessionist movements and extremist violence take place almost routinely, and are the outward manifestations of the entrenched culture of social exclusion in India. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book looks at the multidimensional problems of social exclusion and inclusion, providing a critical, comprehensive analysis of the problem and of potential solutions. The authors are experts in the fields of historical sociology, anthropology, political theory, social philosophy, economics and indigenous vernacular literature. Overall, the book offers an innovative theoretical perspective of the long-term issues facing contemporary Indian democracy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of 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 perspective
- 7 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