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Human Rights as Practice : Dalit Women Securing Livelihood Entitlements in South India / Jayshree P. Mangubhai.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 295 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780198095453
  • 0198095457
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.34095482 23 MAN
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index.

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