1st Edition
Communities on the Margin Disadvantaged Populations in Indian Society
This book probes into the marginalized communities of the Indian society through historical and contemporary societal perspectives. It discusses socio-cultural aspects of the experiences of Scheduled Castes, Dalits, Scheduled Tribes/tribal communities, Other Backward Classes, linguistic minorities, religious minorities and the queer/LGBT as sexual minorities.
Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, it looks at all these segments of Indian society through historical and societal perspectives. Divided into three broad sections – Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and minorities, this book provides historical perspective backed by the contemporary situation and emerging social changes among these communities. Written in a lucid manner, the book aims to reach and impact readers without having any prior academic exposure to this subject area.
This book would be useful to the students, researchers and teachers of sociology, social work, history, economics, political science, and other interdisciplinary courses in social sciences. The book will also be valuable reading for those interested in South Asian studies, especially contemporary Indian society.
Part I: Scheduled Tribes : The First Citizens of India 1. Scheduled Tribes and their India 2. Existence, Entitlements, and Exclusion: Major Problems 3. Constitution, Legal Measures and their Implementation 4. Mass Movements in Tribal Areas: Types and Bases of Tribal Movements 5. The World of Tribes: Some Other Aspects Part II: The World of Caste System 6. Scheduled Castes : Aspects of Exclusion and Oppression 7. Scheduled Castes, Indian State, and the Constitution 8. Dalit Consciousness, Dalit Assertion, Dalit Politics, and Dalit Movement 9. Some Other facets 10. Other Backward Classes: Another Aspect of Caste System 11. Constitution and the Role of Indian state 12. Mobilization for Empowerment: Backward Classes Movement and Related Issues Part III: Minority Communities 13. Status of Linguistic Minorities 14. Religion and the Status of Religious Minorities15. Muslims: Some other Facets 16. Queer as Sexual Minorities
Biography
Saiyed Nadeemul Hasnain is a social scientist with a broad range of interests. He is formerly Professor of social anthropology at Lucknow University, India, Fulbright ‘Scholar in Residence’ and Visiting Professor in US and Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research.
