Women, Social Exclusion and Inclusion [Hardcover]

About the book:- In the last couple of years there has been a spurt of growing interest in and awareness about questions of social exclusion and inclusion. While the nature of exclusion in India has centred around the caste system, other disadvantaged groups such as tribals, women and poor have also suffered from similar disabilities. Their politics of exclusion and inclusion, censure and celebration shows that they wish to be a part of the so-called mainstream academic discourse yet cannot be. The objectives of this book have been to discuss about social exclusion arising out of institutions of caste and gender in Indian society and the inclusive policies designed for them. Besides, the long history of struggle that led to the emergence of India's reservation policy as a mechanism of inclusion for the segment of the Indian population that has been subjected to social abuse , dispossession , indignity, impoverishment and discrimination for millennia demands, that is precisely what this book also tries to discuss, depicting from Jotiba Phule's contribution in the field of education to the framing of Constitution by Ambedkar. This book also attempts to address to what extent government's initiatives have been instrumental in translating the search for inclusivity into a reality. About The Author:- Sangeeta Krishna is currently an Assistant Professor-cum-Assistant Director in the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. She did M.A. in History from Patna University. As a Junior and Senior Research Fellow of University Grants Commission, she did her doctoral dissertation on the 'Role of Bihar Legislature and Other Agencies in the Upliftment of Women-Five Decades of Progress (1921-67)' from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. She has contributed to numerous projects on women's studies as Research Associate and Project Officer in the Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Banaras Hindu University. Her publication includes Single Women: Changing Perceptions in India (2007), besides some articles on major issues related to gender in journals, magazines and edited books. Apart from minor projects she has been handling a few major projects sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council of Historical Research and Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR). Her current interests are in the fields of popular culture, social and women's history, Dalit and subaltern issues as well as folklore and oral tradition. Contents:- Preface 7 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 11 1. Situating Social Exclusion within Phule, Periyar and Ambedkar Discourse 63 2. Dalit (Women’s Question) Struggle from the Perspective of Movement: From Alienation to Assertion 103 3. Contemporary Status of Dalit Women in India 137 4. Process of Inclusion: Concepts and Trends 173 Conclusion 237 Annexures 249 Bibliography 277 Index 291 Print to The Title 'Women, Social Exclusion and Inclusion written/authored/edited by Sangeeta Krishna', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9789351280729 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 304 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Women Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-