Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Perspectives from the Region

Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Perspectives from the Region / edited by Madhushree Sekher, Radu Carciumaru.

This book analyses and discusses the multiple dimensions of social exclusion/inclusion seen in South Asia. It not only captures how ‘social exclusion’ is intrinsic to deprivation or deprivation in itself, but also the processes of political engagement and social interactions that the socially exclud...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sekher, Madhushree (Editor), Carciumaru, Radu (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Economic policy.
Political science.
Applied sociology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why is Social Exclusion? A Cross-Country Perspective
  • Part 1. Contextualizing Social Exclusion/Inclusion
  • Chapter 2. – Inclusion and Marginalization: Concepts and Measures
  • Chapter 3. - Persisting Ethnic Tensions in Sri Lanka: Towards a Structural Analysis
  • Chapter 4. Social Inclusion/ Exclusion Policy Discourse in Nepal
  • Part 2 Inequality and Politics of Inclusion
  • Chapter 5. State and Muslims in India : Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion
  • Chapter 6. Constitutional Reforms in Sri Lanka: From Majoritarian Control System to Integration and Accommodation?
  • Chapter 7 Politics of Public Policy in India: Institutional Internalization of Inequality and Exclusion in Policy Legislation
  • Part 3. State, Institutions and Representation
  • Chapter 8. Democratic Participation in Bangladesh: Does it Vary Across Ethnicity, Religion and Gender
  • Chapter 9. Democratic institutions in Sri Lanka’s local level politics: Challenges to Social Inclusion
  • Chapter 10. Intricacies of Nation-States and Incidences of Exclusion
  • Part 4. Governance Systems and Opportunities for Inclusion
  • Chapter 11. Right to Information: A Viable Institution? Emerging Politics of Accountability
  • Chapter 12. Land Alienation and Threats to Livelihoods of Indigenous Populations
  • Chapter 13. Manual Scavengers: A Blind Spot in Urban Development Discourse
  • Chapter 14. Diversity in Higher Education in India
  • Chapter 15. Institutional Responses to Exclusion and Poverty in Highlands.

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