Bridging the social gap : perspectives on Dalit empowerment / edited by Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thorat, Sukhadeo, editor.

Sabharwal, Nidhi Sadana, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalits--India--Social conditions.

Dalits.

India.

Social conditions.

Dalits--India--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Sage, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Bridging the Social Gap: Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment addresses four interrelated issues. It conceptualises exclusion-linked deprivation of excluded and indigenous groups in Indian society and elaborates the concept and meaning of social exclusion in general, and of caste-, untouchability- and ethnicity-based exclusion in particular. It then presents the status of disadvantaged groups of Dalit and Adivasi and captures inter-social group inequalities in the attainment of human development. It then goes on to analyse factors associated with high deprivation of these disadvantaged groups in terms of low access to resources, employment, education and social needs. Finally, it highlights the role of caste discrimination in economic, civil and political spheres in the persistence of group inequalities. All these issues have been explained using simple language; relevant and recent data; case studies; and news highlights related to civil, social, economic and political rights violation for easy and better understanding of readers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Exclusion, Deprivation and Human Development: Conceptual Framework to Study Excluded Groups / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, Arjan de Haan Haan, Arjan de, Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal Sabharwal, Nidhi Sadana 1

Chapter 2 Government Policy against Discrimination and for Empowerment / Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal Sabharwal, Nidhi Sadana 8

Chapter 3 Exclusion and Discrimination: The Contemporary Scenario / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, Prashant Negi Negi, Prashant 14

Chapter 4 Human Development and Human Poverty by Social Groups / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, S. Venkatesan Venkatesan, S. 37

Chapter 5 Levels and Patterns of Consumption Expenditure of Social Groups / Ashwini Deshpande Deshpande, Ashwini 61

Chapter 6 Levels and Disparities in Poverty / Arjan de Haan Haan, Arjan de, Amaresh Dubey Dubey, Amaresh 81

Chapter 7 Literacy and Educational Levels / Sachidanand Sinha Sinha, Sachidanand 108

Chapter 8 Housing and Household Amenities / Sachidanand Sinha Sinha, Sachidanand 140

Chapter 9 Health and Nutritional Status / Vijay Kumar Baraik Baraik, Vijay Kumar, P. M. Kulkarni Kulkarni, P. M. 155

Chapter 10 Occupational Pattern / M. Thangaraj Thangaraj, M. 169

Chapter 11 Access to Agricultural Land and Capital Assets / R. S. Deshpande Deshpande, R. S., Motilal Mahamallik Mahamallik, Motilal 196

Chapter 12 Employment and Unemployment Situation: Rural and Urban / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, Chittaranjan Senapati Senapati, Chittaranjan 214

Chapter 13 Reservation and Share in Public Employment / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, Chittaranjan Senapati Senapati, Chittaranjan 248

Chapter 14 The Road Ahead: Dalits in the New Millennium / Sukhadeo Thorat Thorat, Sukhadeo, Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal Sabharwal, Nidhi Sadana 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print verison record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Bridging the social gap : perspectives on Dalit empowerment.

ISBN:

9789351500889

OCLC:

885123908

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Restricted for use by site license.