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  • Caste in Everyday Life

    Experience and Affect in Indian Society

    Edición de Dhaneswar Bhoi, Hugo Gorringe ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume brings together a range of scholars to reflect on the varied ways in which caste is manifested and experienced in social life. Each chapter draws on different methods and approaches but all consider lived experiences and experiential narrations. Considering Guru and Sarukkai’s path-breaking work on ‘Experience, Caste and the Everyday Social’ (2019), this volume applies the ... Leer más

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  • Civility in Crisis

    Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India

    This book critically examines the relationship between civility, citizenship and democracy. It engages with the oft-neglected idea of civility (as a Western concept) to explore the paradox of high democracy and low civility that plagues India. This concept helps analyse why democratic consolidation translates into limited justice and minimal equality, along with increased exclusion and ... Leer más

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  • Dalit Women Speak Out

    Caste, Class and Gender Violence in India

    “Women always face violence from men. Equality is only preached, but not put into practice. Dalit women face more violence every day, and they will continue to do so until society changes and accepts them as equals.” — Bharati from Andra Pradesh The right to equality regardless of gender and caste is a fundamental right in India. However, the Indian government has acknowledged that institutional ... Leer más

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  • The Philosophy of Welfare Economics of Dr.Amartya Sen and Jain Philosophy

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  • Dalit Women's Education in Modern India

    Double Discrimination

    de Shailaja Paik ...
    Series series Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series
    Inspired by egalitarian doctrines, the Dalit communities in India have been fighting for basic human and civic rights since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this book, Shailaja Paik focuses on the struggle of Dalit women in one arena - the realm of formal education – and examines a range of interconnected social, cultural and political questions. What did education mean to women? How did ... Leer más

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  • The Journey of Caste in India

    Voices from Margins

    Edición de Paul D'Souza, N. Sukumar ...
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of caste in contemporary India. With contributions from scholars like Valerian Rodrigues, B.B. Mohanty, Surinder Jodhka, and Anand Teltumbde, it discusses wide-ranging themes like the trajectory of caste in post-independence India; Dalits and cultural identity; the paradox of being a Dalit woman; caste violence and social mobility; Ambedkar’s quest for ... Leer más

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  • The Return of Polyandry

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  • Tamil Brahmans

    The Making of a Middle-Class Caste

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  • Caste and nature

    Dalits and Indian Environmental Policies

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