ISBN:
9789354795275
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 278 Seiten
,
Diagramme
Series Statement:
Politics and society in India and the Global South
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als State, law and Adivasi
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als State, law and Adivasi
DDC:
305.8914/054
Keywords:
Indigenous peoples Government relations
;
Indigenous peoples Legal status, laws, etc
;
Indigenous peoples Social conditions
;
Natural resources Management
;
Privatization Social aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Introduction : the rights of Adivasis : historical predicaments and contemporary horizons / Antje Linkenbach and Vidhu Verma -- Development hubris and the dubious recognition of the environment and indigenous resource rights in Indian politics / Antje Linkenbach -- Adivasi and natural resources : self-ownership, dispossession, and self-determination / Vidhu Verma -- Adivasi economics and investment-forced displacement / Felix Padel -- Constitution as commons, spatial justice, and estrangement in Adivasi India : the continuing legacy of three legal cases / Kalpana Kannabiran -- Judiciary and tribal rights in India : shifting terrains of judicial pronouncements / Jagannath Ambagudia -- Mining and dispossession : exploring the exclusion of the tribals in Keonjhar District in Odisha / Seema Mallik -- Water as resource : social differentiation, reform, and water users associations in western India / Suhas Bhasme -- Land is our ancestor : gender, land acquisition, and the Nagri movement in Jharkhand / Rahul Ranjan -- Changing land rights in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya : a gendered approach / Kavita N. Soreide.
Abstract:
"This volume presents an overview of the relationship between the state, law and Adivasis that have experienced a profound political shift due to privatization of natural resources, the role of the corporates and its impact on livelihoods of Adivasis in India. For the Indian state a significant challenge is to establish a new normative framework for indigenous autonomy based on the values of equality and sustainability. This calls for recognition of the right to self-determination and exercise of collective rights of the Adivasis"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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