Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 403 g
Identity, Exclusion, Inclusion
Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 403 g
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3467-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications
This volume argues that the conventional undestanding of citizenship is inadequate to capture the complex challenges a large majority of India`s marginalised people face in actualising their rights and making their voices heard. It offers instead an extended connotation of citizenship and participation from the perspective of those bearing excluded identities—namely, the low caste, the poor, women and tribals.
Based on the experiences of these groups in their everyday relationships with the state and with society at large, the contributors to this volume detail and explore the possibilities and the problematics of their inclusion in attempting a change in existing relations. Among the issues discussed are `participatory citizenship` as a way of altering the existing relationship between the state and its vulnerable citizenry, and rescuing citizenship from its universal legal status to include the differential positioning of subjugated groups. The contributors conceptualise participation not merely as a voting/electoral mechanism but as one where all citizens have a legitimate and equitable stake in the processes of development and governance.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Introduction: Identity, Exclusion, Inclusion: Issues in Participatory Citizenship - Ranjita Mohanty and Rajesh Tandon
PART ONE
Identity - T K Oommen
Enabling and Endangering Citizenship
Perspectives on Participation and Citizenship - John Gaventa
Citizen Participation in Development - Ranjita Mohanty
Issues of Identity, Inclusion and Voice
Citizen Action and Governance - Surinder Shukla
PART TWO
Marginalized Citizenship of Nomads - Mandakini Pant
Corporate Accountability and Citizen Action - Peter Newell
Companies and Communities in India
A Silent Revolution - Manju Agrawal
Women in Grass-Roots Democracy
Towards Participation and Inclusion - Mariamma Sanu George
Mainstreaming Gender in Decentralization
Citizenship as Practice - Dikshit Sinha
The Case of Marginalized Groups in Rural Bengal
Index
