The politics of social exclusion in India : democracy at the crossroads /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 182 pages)
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 14
Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 14.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12011970
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Other authors / contributors:Bhattacharyya, Harihar.
Sarkar, Partha.
Kara, Aṃśumāna.
ISBN:9780203864241
0203864247
9780415553575
0415553571
0415626242
9780415626248
1135192723
9781135192723
1135192731
9781135192730
1282590561
9781282590564
9786612590566
6612590564
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Both exclusion and inclusion relate to the access to participation in the public realm, public goods and services for certain groups of people who are minorities, marginalized and deprived. Democratization has led to the inclusion of the previously excluded in the political process. While the problems of exclusion remain even in advanced Western countries in respect of the minorities of sorts, and the underprivileged, the problem of deep-rooted social and cultural exclusions is acute in post-colonial countr.
Other form:Print version: Politics of social exclusion in India. London ; New York : Routledge, 2010 9780415553575