Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond

Skoda, Uwe [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond : Structures, Agents, Practices / ed. by Uwe Skoda, Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger. - London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2013. - ca. 238 S. - (Anthem South Asian Studies)
ISBN 978-0-85728-322-1
£ 60,00 / US$ 99,00
DDC: 306.0954

Beschreibung
Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond examines the applicability of the concept of social exclusion in contemporary India, and addresses the following questions: How does an increasingly liberalised Indian economy contribute to processes of social inclusion and exclusion and to the reproduction of poverty and inequality? To what extent does the deepening of Indian democracy offer hitherto marginalised social groups new opportunities for pursuing strategies of inclusion? And how does ‘development’ alter the social terrain on which inequalities are negotiated? These and related discussions form the focal points of the volume. Importantly, the contributors deal explicitly with the simultaneity of processes of exclusion and inclusion, and with their entangled manifestation in social life. By applying the concept of social exclusion to concrete empirical case studies, the contributors expand conceptual horizons by keeping in mind that neither exclusion nor inclusion can be considered without its ‘alter ego’. The volume also challenges narrow conceptualisations of social inclusion and exclusion in terms of singular factors such as caste, policy or the economy. This collaborative endeavour and cross-disciplinary approach, which brings together younger and more established scholars, facilitates a deeper understanding of complex social and political processes in contemporary India. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber
UWE SKODA is an associate professor of South Asian studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. Profile page.
KENNETH BO NIELSEN is a research fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo, Norway. Profile page.
MARIANNE QVORTRUP FIBIGER is an associate professor in religious studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. Profile page.

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