ISBN:
9781000442649
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.37209541
Keywords:
India, Northeastern -- Ethnic relations
;
Social justice-India, Northeastern
;
India, Northeastern-Social conditions-21st century
;
India, Northeastern-Ethnic relations
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: equity and differing contexts in North-East India -- Section I The concept and the context -- 2 Social equity: a conceptual note -- 3 Understanding equity and equality: some conceptual and pragmatic considerations -- 4 Equity - a crucial debate in contemporary India -- 5 Equity and ethnic politics in North-East India -- Section II Ethnicity, development and governance -- 6 Politics of identity formation in Sikkim: an insider's view -- 7 Ethnicity, food security and deprivation: the marginalised Hill people and distributive [in]justice in Manipur -- 8 When boundaries matter: land, laws and territorial conflict in Manipur, North-East India -- 9 Ensuring social justice in tribal society: reservation of women in the local bodies of Mizoram -- 10 Equity, reciprocity and environmental ethics: comparative study of agricultural practices vis-à-vis sustainable development among the tribes of North-East India -- Section III Tangle of subjugation: Women and religious minority -- 11 Women trafficking: Subtle lying challenge towards building equity -- 12 Locating women within ethnic movements: a case of Assam -- 13 Pangals in Manipur: a community symbolising disadvantaged status in the state -- Section IV Domain of education -- 14 Equity-driven financial reforms for school education in North-Eastern States of India -- 15 Classroom as a site of exclusion in massified higher education in India -- 16 Brewing knowledge in the university: just add North-East and Stir -- Index.
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