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 the right of social equality; social security for the inclusive development of Dalits; discrimination and exclusion of Dalits in education; and Dalit merit and institutional injustice, and presents an overview of the struggles for distributive justice in India.
This volume will be of importance to scholars and researchers of Dalit studies, social justice, exclusion studies, caste studies, affirmative action, political studies, sociology, social anthropology, and South Asian politics.
Author(s): N. Sukumar, Paul D’Souza
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 221
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I The Trajectory of Caste in Post-Independent India
Chapter 1 A Critique of Right-Based Policies on Justice
Chapter 2 Dalits and Cultural Identity: Ambedkar’s Prevarications on the Question of Culture
Chapter 3 Ambedkar’s Quest for Social and Economic Democracy
Part II Dalit Culture and Identity
Chapter 4 Dalit Culture: A Perspective from Below
Chapter 5 Human Rights and the Subordinated People: A Cross-Cultural Study of Dalit and Black Life World
Chapter 6 The Right to Selfhood: The Paradox of Being a Dalit Woman
Part III Caste Violence: Movements for Social Mobility
Chapter 7 Dandora: The Madiga Movement for Equal Identity and Social Justice in Andhra Pradesh
Chapter 8 Post-Ambedkar Scheduled Castes’ Agitations and Social Exclusion in Andhra Pradesh
Chapter 9 Caste Conflict and Dalit Identity in Rural Punjab: Significance of Talhan
Chapter 10 Globalisation: Assessing Impact on the Dalits in India
Chapter 11 Panchayati Raj Institutions and Social Inclusion of Dalits
Chapter 12 Discrimination and Exclusion in Education: A Perspective from Below
Chapter 13 Dalit Merit and Institutional Injustice: A Case Study
Index
