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Politics of Inclusion: Caste, Minority, and Affirmative Action

Politics of Inclusion: Caste, Minority, and Affirmative Action more books like this

by Zoya Hasan

Situated at the interface of policy and political processes, this study explores the dynamics and strategies of the state with regard to Muslims and lower castes. It examines the underlying issues that influence state policy towards disadvantaged groups and assesses specific strategies and whether these need rethinking and reshaping to take India ...

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Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste

Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste more books like this

by Maya Unnithan-Kumar

Unnithan-Kumar, a social anthropologist (U. of Sussex) who was raised in urban north India, describes what she learned while living with the Girasia, a poor tribal community in northwestern India. She concludes that the traditional tribe-caste categories were mostly constructed by academic outsiders

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Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy from Rural India

Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy from Rural India more books like this

by Sakuntala Narasimhan

Conventional approaches to the empowerment of women in developing countries tend to stress the primacy of poverty alleviation. This book draws on research into the effectiveness of NGO programmes in India to show that the most important aspect to empowerment is to change mindsets - to instil in women the conviction that they have a right to assert ...

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Hidden Tribes of India more books like this

by Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Declan Quigley, Tiziana Baldizzone (Photographer)

A photographic look at the exotic lost civilizations of India and the tribes who have resisted the modern way, continuing to keep their customs and traditions alive. Hundreds of full-color photographs. 232 pps.

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Tribal Identity and the Modern World more books like this

by Suresh Sharma

This unusual study outlines the conceptual difficulties surrounding the way in which tribal identities and the texture of tribal-non-tribal interaction in India are expressed. Sharma examines the implications for the pre-colonial equations between social cohesion and political authority.

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Demographic Perspectives on India's Tribes

Demographic Perspectives on India's Tribes more books like this

by Arup Maharatna

This volume presents demographic features of India's aggregate tribal population and establishes broad linkages with the common socio-cultural patterns and characteristics of tribal communities.

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Tribal Development in India: The Contemporary Debate

Tribal Development in India: The Contemporary Debate more books like this

by Govinda Chandra Rath (Editor), Jean Dreze (Foreword by)

This book is a collection of 13 articles on little-known tribal movements in India, featuring case studies covering all the major issues concerning tribal populations, including political autonomy, the struggle for resources, minimal social opportunities and basic social responsibilities. The specific movements discussed include: - Dalitism in ...

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The Scheduled Tribes of India more books like this

by G S Ghurye

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Standing at the Margins: Representaion and Electoral Reservation in India

Standing at the Margins: Representaion and Electoral Reservation in India more books like this

by Alistar McMillian

Examines the implementation and operation of special electoral arrangements designed to enhance representation of SCs/STs in the Indian parliament and legislatures.

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Tribals and Their Culture in Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram

Tribals and Their Culture in Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram more books like this

by G. K. Ghosh

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Tribals of Orissa: The Changing Socio-Economic Profile

Tribals of Orissa: The Changing Socio-Economic Profile more books like this

by B. C. Ray (Editor), Centre for Advanced Studies In History a, A. K. Das

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Life style, Indian tribes : locational practice more books like this

by Shiva Tosh Das

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The Indian Constitution: A Case Stud of Backward Classes more books like this

by Ratna G Revankar, Rotna G Revnnkar

Deals with the problems of the Backward Classes in the vast subcontinent of India. Specific discussions concentrate on social-reform particulars such as housing, social services, industrial and agricultural participation, and especially, educational opportunities.

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Tribals and the Indian Constitution: Functioning of Fifth Schedule in the State of Orissa more books like this

by N K Behura, Nilakantha Panigrahi

"India harbours multiple ethnic groups who have distinct socio-cultural identities. It is one of the nation-states in the world, which has provided elaborate preferential arrangements for the tribals. The tribal communities in India are at different levels of socio-economic development. In view of the deep-rooted historic reasons, which have ...

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Indigenous Science & Technology for Sustainable Development

Indigenous Science & Technology for Sustainable Development

by V Subramanyam (Editor)

The research papers included in this volume provide the practical knowledge of tribal folks of India in utilization of indigenous science and technologies in their activities.

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Tribal Religion: Change and Continuity more books like this

by M. C. Behera

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Constitutional protection to scheduled tribes in India : in retrospect and prospects more books like this

by Piarey Lal Mehta

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Peoples of North East India: Anthropological Perspectives more books like this

by Sarthak Sengupta (Editor)

Contributed articles.

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Tribes of Mizoram: Description, Ethnology, and Bibliography, 1840-1990 more books like this

by Sipra Sen

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Movements of tribals during the colonial rule : role of ideologies more books like this

by L. P. Mathur

On conceptual framework of social movements of tribes due to strains and stresses of socio-economic structure during 1795-1920.

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The Tribals of India: Through the Lens of Sunil Janah

The Tribals of India: Through the Lens of Sunil Janah more books like this

by Sunil Janah

This book is a collection of photographs of the tribals of India accompanied by a text narrating the author s experiences among them. Beginning in the early forties, Sunil Janah, the well-known photographer, travelled extensively for thirty years in accessible tribal villages. For days he lived with these people and fell in love with them. It was ...

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Ashram schools in Andhra Pradesh : a case study of Chenchus of Nallamalai Hills more books like this

by G. Ananda

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Din-Sevak: Verrier Elwin's Life of Service in Tribal India more books like this

by Verrier Elwin, John H Maier

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Education of Scheduled Castes more books like this

by S. K. Yadav

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Profile of Some Indian Tribes: An Anthropo-Nutritional Micro Study more books like this

by Tilak Bagchi

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