Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Pers
This book analyses and discusses the multiple dimensions of social exclusion/inclusion seen in South Asia. It not only captures how ‘social exclusion’ is intrinsic to deprivation or deprivation in itself, but also the processes of political engagement and
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Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Perspectives from the Region
Including the Excluded in South Asia
Madhushree Sekher Radu Carciumaru •
Editors
Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Perspectives from the Region
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Editors Madhushree Sekher Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India
Radu Carciumaru South Asia Institute Heidelberg University New Delhi, India
ISBN 978-981-32-9758-6 ISBN 978-981-32-9759-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9759-3
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Foreword
Despite its intuitive appeal and wide political use, social inclusion displays all the features of an essentially contested concept on closer scrutiny. Despite the alacrity with which advocates from all sides of the ideological divide use it in their political rhetoric, there is no deep consensus on its operational meaning. The endless debate between protagonists of caste as the criterion of ‘reservation’ as opposed to class points towards one of the main difficulties of social inclusion as a useful category of analysis. Is ‘exclusion’ germane to the primordial identity of the actor (for example, untouchability), or is it the function of an existential condition such as poverty? Where should action aimed at ridding society of social exclusion be located? Operationally, should social action to correct for structural inequality start at birth, or progressively, through the different entry points to active life such as schooling, higher education, recruitment and promotion? Most seriously, why
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