On the margins : tribes, castes and other social categories

Dasgupta, Abhijit, editor.

On the margins : tribes, castes and other social categories / edited by Abhijit Dasgupta. - New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd. , 2012. - xxvi, 184 p. ; 22 cm. - Studies in Indian Sociology, Volume 4 .

This edited volume contains 11 essays examining different forms of marginalization in Indian society. The contributors discuss the experiences of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women, workers, refugees, minorities, and persons with disabilities. The essays explore how these groups have faced social exclusion and discrimination, while also highlighting their efforts to mobilize, protest, and claim social and political rights. The book provides a sociological perspective on inequality, identity, and social justice in contemporary India.

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Ethnic and social groups in India


Backward classes -- India.

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