Social Exclusion and Adverse inclusion

Description

Development is seldom a linear, all-inclusive process. In order to understand the socio-economic and political ‘exclusion’ of the adivasi communities in contemporary India, a multi-dimensional analytical framework encompassing deprivation and ‘adverse inclusion’ can be extremely valuable. This volume, putting together case studies from six states in India, locates the deprivation of adivasis in a larger regional, national, and global context. It examines issues of child mortality, poverty, gender, class, linguistic denial, and livelihood among the adivasis. In order to advance towards inclusive development, it emphasizes not just their rights to access services, but also their rights to their productive resources, land and forests, as well as an active involvement in political governance. Contributors Anvita Abbi • M. Hamid Ansari • Bhangya Bhukya • Maitreyi Bordia Das • Dhrupad Choudhury • Antonella Cordone • Malabika Das Gupta • Rosemary Dzuvichu • Alex Ekka • Soumya Kapoor • Govind Kelkar • Ibalari P. Khongjoh • Brigitte Leduc • Dev Nathan • Denis Nikitin • A.K. Nongkynrih • Veronica Pala • Meena Radhakrishna • Phrang Roy • Amita Shah • Paul Streumer • Ganesh Thapa • Virginius Xaxa