1st Edition

Social Exclusion, Inequality and Protest under Globalisation in India

Edited By Kameshwar Choudhary, B. K. Nagla Copyright 2026
378 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

378 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

In India, traditional social collectivities like caste, tribe, gender, and religion continue to form the base of social exclusion, marginalisation and inequality to a large extent, despite operation of the mighty forces of modernisation and globalisation. This book presents an interdisciplinary critical analysis of social exclusion and inequality under contemporary globalisation with a focus on... Read more

Introduction 

Kameshwar Choudhary

 

PART I: SOCIAL EXCLUSION, IDENTITY AND INEQUALITY

 

1. Identity and Human Security in Globalising India

T.K. Oommen

 

2. Exclusion and Segregation of Public Places of Consumption in Delhi in the Global Age 

Manisha Tripathy Pandey

 

3. Globalisation and Issue of Gender Equality in India: Challenges and Opportunities 

Anil Kumar Singh Jha

 

4. Caste-induced Health Gap in Contemporary India: Issues of Discrimination and Disparity

 Sanghmitra S. Acharya

 

5. Spatio-Social Inequalities in Private Expenditure on Health in India under the Globalisation Regime 

Rajeshwari

 

6. ‘Globalisation and the Tribes in India: A Fatal Encounter’

Birinder Pal Singh

 

7. Caste and Tribe Dynamics in the Era of Globalisation: A sociological analysis of Kalahandi district of Odisha

Sipra Sagarika

 

8. Muslims in India: A Sociological Reflection on the Challenges of their Marginalisation in the era of Globalisation 

Arvinder A. Ansari

 

9. Social Exclusion of Transgender Groups and their Well-being in India 

Smita Mishra Panda

 

PART II: POLITICAL DIMENSION

 

10. Globalisation for What and Whom?: A Critical Sociological Perspective 

Subhash Sharma and Kshipra Sharma

 

11. Rise of Hindutva Politics and Marginalisation of ‘the Other’ in Western Uttar Pradesh with a focus on post-Liberalisation period 

Jagpal Singh

 

12. Democracy, Development and the Ghost of `Urban Naxal` in Globalising Neoliberal India

Ajay Gudavarthy and G. Vijay

 

13. Globalisation and Its Impact on Policing with a focus on India 

Om Prakash Mishra

 

14. Globalisation and Social Movements in India with a focus on anti-POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) case in Odisha

Biswajit Mohanty and Babita Verma 

 

15. Globalisation, Displacement and the Question of Livelihood: Tribal Movements in Contemporary India

Gaurang R. Sahay

 

 

 

Biography

Kameshwar Choudhary is former Professor, Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India.

B. K. Nagla is former Professor, Department of Sociology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.