01225nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000310009224501000012326000660022330000270028949000420031652005740035865000380093265500310097070000420100120260526153255.0260526b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788132116240  a305.800 DAS  aDasgupta, Abhijit, editor.  aOn the margins b: tribes, castes and other social categories c/ edited by Abhijit Dasgupta.    aNew Delhi, Indiab: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd.c, 2012.  axxvi, 184 p.c; 22 cm.  aStudies in Indian Sociology, Volume 4  aThis 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.  aEthnic and social groups in India  aBackward classes -- India.  aKattakayam, Jacob John, Series editor