Including the Excluded in South Asia Power, Politics and Policy Perspectives from the Region /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sekher, Madhushree (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Carciumaru, Radu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Social policy.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economic policy.; Political science.; Applied sociology.; Social Policy.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Development Policy.; Governance and Government.; Social/Human Development Studies.

 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 social interactions that the socially excluded develop as strategies and networks for their advancement. Consequently, the book goes beyond structures or agency, and examines the question of a more dynamic approach to provide spaces for the 'socially excluded' to self-manage exclusion, thereby raising discussions around the contested positions that underlie development discourse on social inequality. While social exclusion linked to identities is studied, the book argues that hierarchies and inequalities based on social identities cut across and affect various groups of excluded. Consequently, these phenomena create or lead to various processes of exclusion. The book illustrates that social exclusion should not be limited to privileging the differences that characterize the exclusionary processes, but should also comprise underpinning strategies of 'inclusion', emphasizing the need to focus on imperatives 'to include'. As a result, the book acknowledges that social exclusion is not limited to analyzing the different identities that face exclusion, but also understanding the systems and processes that create social exclusion, or create opportunities for inclusion of the excluded. The book addresses readership across academic disciplines (including in the growing field of state capacity and governance), and practitioners (administrators and policy-making communities). Conclusively, the book, provides a platform to intensively exchange the multifaceted and critical issue of social exclusion/inclusion, and thus contributes to inclusive sustainable development discourse. 

 Introduction: Why is Social Exclusion? A Cross-Country Perspective -- Part 1. Contextualizing Social Exclusion/Inclusion -- Chapter 2. - Inclusion and Marginalization: Concepts and Measures -- Chapter 3. - Persisting Ethnic Tensions in Sri Lanka: Towards a Structural Analysis -- Chapter 4. Social Inclusion/ Exclusion Policy Discourse in Nepal -- Part 2 Inequality and Politics of Inclusion -- Chapter 5. State and Muslims in India : Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion -- Chapter 6. Constitutional Reforms in Sri Lanka: From Majoritarian Control System to Integration and Accommodation? -- Chapter 7 Politics of Public Policy in India: Institutional Internalization of Inequality and Exclusion in Policy Legislation -- Part 3. State, Institutions and Representation -- Chapter 8. Democratic Participation in Bangladesh: Does it Vary Across Ethnicity, Religion and Gender -- Chapter 9. Democratic institutions in Sri Lanka's local level politics: Challenges to Social Inclusion -- Chapter 10. Intricacies of Nation-States and Incidences of Exclusion -- Part 4. Governance Systems and Opportunities for Inclusion -- Chapter 11. Right to Information: A Viable Institution? Emerging Politics of Accountability -- Chapter 12. Land Alienation and Threats to Livelihoods of Indigenous Populations -- Chapter 13. Manual Scavengers: A Blind Spot in Urban Development Discourse -- Chapter 14. Diversity in Higher Education in India -- Chapter 15. Institutional Responses to Exclusion and Poverty in Highlands.