The Politics of Social Exclusion in India: Democracy at the Crossroads

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List of tables
List of contributors
Preface and acknowledgements
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Introduction: The politics of social exclusion in India: democracy at the crossroads
1 Some theoretical issues concerning social exclusion and inclusion in India
2 Social exclusion and the strategy of empowerment
3 Identity politics and social exclusion in India’s North-East: the case for redistributive justice
4 Inclusion in nationhood: Bhudev Mukhopadhyay’s concept of jatiyabhav
5 Rabindranath’s concept of social exclusion and inclusion in India: a nation without nationalism
6 Identity and social exclusion in India: a Muslim perspective
7 Inclusive and exclusive development in India in the post-reform era
8 Social exclusion in India: evidences from wage labour market
9 The Polavaram Dam project: a case of displacement of marginalized people
10 Purity as exclusion, caste as division: the ongoing battle for equality
11 Narrating gender and power: literary and cultural texts and contexts
12 Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain: a study in myths of power
Conclusion: democracy at the crossroads
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