Communities on the Margin

Disadvantaged Populations in Indian Society
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-72601-4
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

This book probes into the marginalized communities of the Indian society through historical and contemporary societal perspectives. It discusses socio-cultural aspects of the experiences of Scheduled Castes, Dalits, Scheduled Tribes/tribal communities, Other Backward Classes, linguistic minorities, religious minorities and the queer/LGBT as sexual minorities.

Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, it looks at all these segments of Indian society through historical and societal perspectives. Divided into three broad sections – Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and minorities, this book provides historical perspective backed by the contemporary situation and emerging social changes among these communities. Written in a lucid manner, the book aims to reach and impact readers without having any prior academic exposure to this subject area.

This book would be useful to the students, researchers and teachers of sociology, social work, history, economics, political science, and other interdisciplinary courses in social sciences. The book will also be valuable reading for those interested in South Asian studies, especially contemporary Indian society.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasnain, Saiyed Nadeemul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Scheduled Tribes: The First Citizens of India 1. Scheduled Tribes and their India 2. Existence, Entitlements, and Exclusion: Major Problems 3. Constitution, Legal Measures and their Implementation 4. Mass Movements in Tribal Areas: Types and Bases of Tribal Movements 5. The World of Tribes: Some Other Aspects Part II: The World of Caste System 6. Scheduled Castes: Aspects of Exclusion and Oppression 7. Scheduled Castes, Indian State, and the Constitution 8. Dalit Consciousness, Dalit Assertion, Dalit Politics, and Dalit Movement 9. Some Other facets 10. Other Backward Classes: Another Aspect of Caste System 11. Constitution and the Role of Indian state 12. Mobilization for Empowerment: Backward Classes Movement and Related Issues Part III: Minority Communities 13. Status of Linguistic Minorities 14. Religion and the Status of Religious Minorities15. Muslims: Some other Facets 16. Queer as Sexual Minorities

Über Autor(innen)

Saiyed Nadeemul Hasnain is a social scientist with a broad range of interests. He is formerly Professor of social anthropology at Lucknow University, India, Fulbright ‘Scholar in Residence’ and Visiting Professor in US and Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research.