Author: I. MaruthiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788177912746
Category : Caste-based discrimination
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Caste Discrimination Practices in Rural Karnataka
Author: I. MaruthiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788177912746
Category : Caste-based discrimination
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Broken People
Author: Smita NarulaPublisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564322289
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Women and the Law.
The Republic of India
Author: Alan GledhillUntouchability in Rural India
Author: Ghanshyam ShahPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761935070
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This important book presents systematic evidence of the incidence and extent of the practice of untouchability in contemporary India. It is based on the results of a very large survey covering 560 villages in eleven states. The field data is supplemented by information concerning associated forms of discrimination which Dalits face in their daily lives./-//-/This study finds that untouchability is practised in one form or another in almost 80 per cent of the villages surveyed. It is most prevalent in the religious and personal spheres. While the evidence presented in this book suggests that the more blatant and extreme forms of untouchability appear to have declined, discrimination is still practised in one form or another. The most widespread manifestations are in access to water and to cremation or burial grounds, as also when it comes to the major life cycle rituals. The survey also found that the notion of untouchability continues to pervade the public sphere, including in a host of state institutions and the interactions that occur within them.
On the Edge of the Auspicious
Author: Mary M. CameronPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252067167
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Drawing on data from work, family, and religious domains, addresses the relationship between gender and Hindu caste hierarchy in western Nepal.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Author: Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh, India
Author: K. SrinivasuluPublisher:
ISBN: 9780850036121
Category : Andhra Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Just Transitions
Author: Seema Arora-JonssonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000969614
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book turns critical feminist scrutiny on national climate policies in India and examines what transition might really mean for marginalized groups in the country. A vision of “just transitions” is increasingly being used by activists and groups to ensure that pathways towards sustainable futures are equitable and inclusive. Exploring this concept, this volume provides a feminist study of what it would take to ensure just transitions in India where gender, in relation to its interesting dimensions of power, is at the centre of analysis. With case studies on climate mitigation and adaptation from different parts of India, the book brings together academics, practitioners and policymakers who provide commentary on sectors including agriculture, forestry and renewables. Overall, the book has relevance far beyond India’s borders, as India’s attempt to deal with its diverse population makes it a key litmus test for countries seeking to transition against a backdrop of inequality both in the Global North and South. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate policy, gender studies, sustainable development and development studies more broadly.
The Remembered Village
Author: M. N. SrinivasPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520341635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
"The real virtue of this most recent contribution by Dr. Srinivas is the consistently human, humane, and humanistic tone oft he observations and of the narration; the simple, straightforward style in which it is written; and the richness of anecdotal materials. . . . He writes modestly as a wise and knowledgeable man. He restores faith in the best tradition of ethnography. Without being popular, in the pejorative sense, it is a book any uninitiated reader can read with pleasure and enlightenment."--Cora Du Bois, Asian Student "Few accounts of village life give one the sense of coming to know, of vicariously sharing in, the lives of real villagers that this book conveys. . . . The work is holistic in the best anthropological manner; the principal aspects of Rampura life are lucidly sketched and the interrelations among them are cogently considered. . . . our collective knowledge and its practical relevance become enhanced."--David G. Mandelbaum, Economic and Political Weekly "[Srinivas] has described and analyzed life in Rampura in the late 1940s with charm and insight. His book is enjoyable as well as illuminating. . . . In addition to the rich detail of village life and of a number of individual villagers, Srinivas gives us valuable insights into the nature of ethnographic research. He relates how he came to study this particular village. He tells us how he got established in the village, and describes vividly his living quarters. . . . He describes, at various places throughout the book, his reactions to the villagers and his perceptions of their reactions to him. He freely admits his own negative reactions to certain things and certain behavior. He discusses the factors that could and did bias his research. . . . illuminate[s] both the problems and the rewards of the ethnographer. . . . must reading."--Robert H. Lauer, Sociology: Reviews of New Books