Human Rights as Practice :
Mangubhai, Jayshree P.,
Human Rights as Practice : Dalit Women Securing Livelihood Entitlements in South India / Jayshree P. Mangubhai. - First edition. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xiii, 295 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index.
1. Collective Action, Exclusion, and Entitlements 2. Political Responses to Social Exclusion and Discrimination: State Discourses and Practices 3. Asserting the Right to Adequate Housing: Kovilur Village 4. Ongoing Struggle for Land Entitlement: Vettriyur Village 5. Uneven Political Economics of an Entitlement Struggle: Mallibakkam Village
This study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in three villages in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where Dalit women engage in struggles to secure or protect livelihood entitlements such as housing land or work. The research examines the processes of these women organising and evolving collective action strategies to claim access to and control over livelihood resources in different contexts where they face social exclusion.
9780198095453 0198095457
Women's rights
Dalit women
Dalit women
Human rights
Dalit women / India / Tamil Nadu / Economic conditions.
Dalit women / Legal status, laws, etc / India / Tamil Nadu.
Human rights / India / Tamil Nadu.
Women's rights / India / Tamil Nadu.--India--Tamil Nadu.--Legal status, laws, etc.--India--Tamil Nadu.--Economic conditions.--India--Tamil Nadu--India--Tamil Nadu.
323.34095482 / MAN
Human Rights as Practice : Dalit Women Securing Livelihood Entitlements in South India / Jayshree P. Mangubhai. - First edition. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xiii, 295 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index.
1. Collective Action, Exclusion, and Entitlements 2. Political Responses to Social Exclusion and Discrimination: State Discourses and Practices 3. Asserting the Right to Adequate Housing: Kovilur Village 4. Ongoing Struggle for Land Entitlement: Vettriyur Village 5. Uneven Political Economics of an Entitlement Struggle: Mallibakkam Village
This study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in three villages in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where Dalit women engage in struggles to secure or protect livelihood entitlements such as housing land or work. The research examines the processes of these women organising and evolving collective action strategies to claim access to and control over livelihood resources in different contexts where they face social exclusion.
9780198095453 0198095457
Women's rights
Dalit women
Dalit women
Human rights
Dalit women / India / Tamil Nadu / Economic conditions.
Dalit women / Legal status, laws, etc / India / Tamil Nadu.
Human rights / India / Tamil Nadu.
Women's rights / India / Tamil Nadu.--India--Tamil Nadu.--Legal status, laws, etc.--India--Tamil Nadu.--Economic conditions.--India--Tamil Nadu--India--Tamil Nadu.
323.34095482 / MAN