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This book is a compelling examination of the theoretical discourse on rights and its relationship with ideas, institutions and practices in the Indian context. By engaging with the crucial categories of class, caste, gender, region and religion, it draws attention to the contradictions and contestations in the arena of rights and entitlements. The chapters by eminent experts provide deep and nuanced insights on the intersecting issues and concerns of individual and group identities as well as their connection with the state along with its multifarious institutions and practices. The volume not only engages with the dilemmas emerging out of the rights discourse but also sets out to recognize the significance of a shared commitment to a rights-based framework towards the promotion of justice and democracy in society.
The book will be useful to academics, social scientists, researchers and policymakers. It will be of special interest to teachers and students in the fields of politics, development studies, philosophy, ethics, sociology, gender/women's studies and social movements.
Contents
Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Introduction: Discourse on Rights in India: Debates and Dilemmas Part I: Theorizing Rights: Diversity and Difference Chapter 1: Dimensions of Power and Social Transformation Chapter 2: Constitutionalizing Rights, Negotiating Difference: The Indian Experiment Chapter 3: Gender, Rights and the Justice Gap: Going Beyond the Politics of Difference Chapter 4: Law, Rights and Politics: Dilemmas and Responses Chapter 5: Human Rights, Climate Change and Climate Justice Chapter 6: What can Human Rights add to the Fight against Corruption? Some Lessons from India Part II: Gender, Religion, Family, Work, Caste and Community: Issues and Contestations Chapter 7: Sex-Selective Abortion and Reproductive Rights: A Syncretic Feminist Approach Chapter 8: Bodily Rights and Agency: Looking at the Rights Discourse of Women in Prostitution Chapter 9: Women in Politics and the Subject of Representations Chapter 10: The Triple Talaq Controversy: Gender Concerns and Minority Safeguards Chapter 11: Women and Disability: Issues of Care Part III: The 'Myth' of Conflicting Rights: A Critique of the Indian State Chapter 12: India's Education Policy and Failures of Empathy Chapter 13: The 'Right' Music: Caste and 'Classical' Music in South India Chapter 14: The Trajectories of Work, Sexuality and Citizenship: The Rights of the Transgender in India Chapter 15: People and the Terrains: PESA Reconsidered Chapter 16: Dilemmas in Kashmir: A Human Rights Perspective. Beyond Conclusions: Discourse on Rights in India: A Case for Reflective Autonomy. Index
