About the Book
The concepts of social exclusion and inclusion are commonly used in social sciences across various disciplines. Social exclusion is the process in which individuals or entire communities are systematically marginalized or denied full access to various rights, opportunities and resources.
Social reformers, social scientists, social workers and governments are now actively promoting the process of social inclusion of these excluded and vulnerable groups and individuals.
Social inclusion is a significant factor in social development. It is a series of positive actions to achieve equality of opportunities and access to goods and services to everyone in the society. This is a process to bring in all the marginalized individuals and communities in the mainstream of the development process.
This collection of articles covers a wide spectrum of social and economic problems related to social exclusion. Some contributors have also shown how social exclusion leads to inequality and uneven development. The book further examines various policies of social inclusion and the resultant development.
Contents
Part I: Introduction1 Introduction /
Richard Pais2 Social Exclusion and Social Inclusion /
M.H. Makwana3 Existence, Identity and Beyond: Tracing the Contours of Dalit Literature / P
aramjit S. Judge4 Development, Quietism and the Social Practices of Freedom
/ Parthasarathi Mondal5 Education and Identity: A Case Study of Santal Village of West Bengal /
Sujata Chakraborty and Bhola Nath GhoshPart II: Social Inclusion and Development6 Weaker Sections and Development: A Critical Evaluation /
D. Venkateswarlu7 Inclusion and Development in India: A Socio-Economic Perspective /
V. Basil Hans8 Promises and Challenges of Dalit Entrepreneurship Towards Inclusive Development /
Sumit Saurabh Srivastava9 Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs: A Journey from Promises to Practice /
Tattwamasi Paltasingh10 Dalit Inclusion and Development /
Vinay Rajath D.11 Dalit Women and Work: Sociological Study of Household Footwear Work of Agra, India
/ Giriyappa KollannavarPart III: Social Exclusion and Unequal Development12 Social Exclusion and Unequal Development /
B.K. Nagla13 Social Exclusion and Inequality: Challenges before a Developing Society /
Ishwar Modi14 Kudubis of Karnataka: Need for Social Inclusion /
Y. Ravindranath Rao15 Political Participation of Women in India /
Shalip A.P.
About the Author / Editor
Richard Pais is former Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, St Aloysius (Autonomous) College, Mangalore. At present, he is the Vice-President of Indian Social Science Association, Agra. Besides teaching, he was actively involved in the organization of academic events at the national, state and regional levels. In 2007, he received the L.P. Vidyarthi Award conferred by Indian Social Science Association, Agra for his contribution to the subject. He is the Managing Editor of Social Science Gazetteer and Chief Editor of Samaja Shodhana. He has written/edited 22 books and numerous research papers. His latest books are: Backward Classes and Social Justice (2011), Perspectives on Social Development (2012), Sociology of Sanitation (2015) and Society and Culture in Karnataka (2016).
M.H. Makwana was Professor and Head, Department of Sociology; Coordinator, Department of Social Work and Director, School of Social Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He was also the Chair Professor of Dr B.R. Ambedkar Chair of the University. He has written ten books and fifty articles, both in English and Gujarati. He was the Convener of Research Committee on Dalits and Backward Classes of Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi from 2006 to 2010. At present, he is the Executive Committee member of Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi. Post retirement, he is appointed as the Dean, School of Social Sciences, Dr B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow, M.P.
