P. S. Krishnan

Social Exclusion and Justice in India (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book draws upon nearly seven decades of first-hand experiences to understand social exclusion and efforts for social justice in India. The volume:

• re-examines the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate.
• analyses legal, economic, social and cultural frameworks available to understand caste system, address its evils and establish holistic social equality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351603492
• Artikelnr.: 49041318

Autorenporträt

P. S. Krishnan is a former member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and has been actively working for the cause of the advancement and empowerment of the deprived social categories of Indian society, the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, for over nearly seven decades including his 35-year career in the IAS. He has been Secretary, Ministry of Welfare, Government of India; Member, National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; Member-Secretary, National Commission for Backward Classes; and Chairman/Member of different Steering Committees and Working Groups of India's Planning Commission. He has been Honorary Advisor to the central government and certain State governments in matters relating to the disadvantaged social categories and guides many social organizations and activists. He has published books, papers and articles extensively.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables. Preface. 1. Theme Paper on Dalits 2. Synthesis of Visions
for Dalit Liberation and Empowerment: Gandhi, Ambedkar, Narayana Guru, Marx
3. Human Rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Socially and
Educationally Backward Classes 4. Indian Social Justice versus American
Affirmative Action and the Case of Higher Education 5. Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Amending Ordinance
and Bill 2014: History and Development 6. Laws and Schemes for the Rights
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Gap Between Constitutional
Mandates and Legislative Enactments and Executive Actions 7. Scheduled
Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Socially and Educationally Backward
Classes and Budget 2014-15. Index