MARGINALITY, EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Viewing marginality as a causal explanation of inequality, the social science academia has generated a vast body of literature and discourse on diverse juxtaposed issues such as justice, equality, empowerment, subalternity, multiculturalism and inclusion. This book is a critique as well as a systematic documentation of the experiences and debates of the contested marginality across South Asia in general, and Indian society in particular, across time-space continuum.
It reflects the dialectics of social justice and multiple forms of marginalization. It also sets forth how marginality is contemporarily experienced across a variety of communities and groups like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, peasants, women, physically challenged, minorities and culturally deprived sections and how they cumulate across the life course. Following an interdisciplinary approach, the work brings to the reader the lived experiences and narratives of enduring marginality and injustice.
This book, besides providing insights into the contours of marginality embedded across contemporary South Asia, also provokes an engaging overview of advocacy for coherent justice. It will be appealing and apposite to academicians, practitioners and scholars interested in postcolonial and subaltern studies, inclusive policies and growth, social justice and social exclusion in South Asian perspective.

Contents

1 Marginalized Groups and the State of Human Rights in India / Nandu Ram

2 Beyond the Familiar / Saraswati Raju

3 Towards an Epistemology of Social Exclusion / Vivek Kumar

4 Educational Backwardness of Indian Muslims / Abdulrahim P. Vijapur

5 Portraying Tribal Space in India / Krishna Mohan

6 The Marginalized and Marginalization in India / Suresh Babu G.S.

7 Persons with Disabilities / Bupinder Zutshi

8 Social Exclusion and Marginalization of Muslims in India / K.P. Faisal

9 An Ethical Model for Social Justice to the Tribal Refugees of Damodar Valley and Koel-Karo / Debashis Guha

10 Capitalizing Peasantry and Collective Action Against Injustice / A. Satyanarayana

11 Intimately Bound / R. Mahalakshmi

12 The Cultural Capital / Ashok Kaul

13 The Gujars, Forests and Pastures / Dhirendra Datt Dangwal

14 Gender Justice, Marginalization and Violence / Sumit Saurabh Srivastava

15 Marginalization and Exclusion as State Policy / Mathew Joseph C.

16 Contemptuous Marginality / Ashish Saxena

17 Social Exclusion, Poverty and the Health of Dalits in Uttar Pradesh / Bibhuti Bhushan Malik