Social Exclusion, Dalits and Human Deprivation: emerging evidences from India
This study conceptualise the nature and dimensions of “Exclusion-Linked Deprivation” of socially disadvantaged groups in Indian society. It elaborates the concept and meaning of caste- and ethnicity-based exclusion, and its implications for human development of excluded groups...
Human Poverty and Socially Disadvantaged Groups in India by Sukhadeo Thorat, M. Mahamallik and S. Venkatesan, HDRC-UNDP Discussion Paper No. 18, January, June 2007.
This paper is written taking into account the limitations as well as positive insights from earlier academic efforts in the global HDR and Indian national and State HDRs on the issue of inter-social group inequalities in human development and human poverty and exclusion-linked deprivation of socially disadvantaged groups in Indian society.
The study attempts to address three interrelated issues. First, it tries to conceptualise the nature and dimensions of “Exclusion-Linked Deprivation” of socially disadvantaged groups in Indian society. It elaborates the concept and meaning of caste- and ethnicity-based exclusion, and its implications for human development of excluded groups.
Second, it maps the status of disadvantaged groups of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and non-SC/STs with respect to human development and human poverty and captures the inter-social group inequalities.
Third, it tries to analyse the economic and social factors for high deprivation of socially disadvantaged groups in terms of lower access to resources, human capital, social needs and also the lack of freedom to development through restrictions (or non-freedom) to civil, social, cultural, political and economic rights, which are closely linked with societal processes and institutions of caste and untouchability.
It provides empirical evidence on the nature of exclusion and discrimination in multiple spheres to show how the human development of disadvantaged groups is closely linked with the societal processes of caste and ethnicity- based exclusion and discrimination.
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This paper is written taking into account the limitations as well as positive insights from earlier academic efforts in the global HDR and Indian national and State HDRs on the issue of inter-social group inequalities in human development and human poverty and exclusion-linked deprivation of socially disadvantaged groups in Indian society.
The study attempts to address three interrelated issues. First, it tries to conceptualise the nature and dimensions of “Exclusion-Linked Deprivation” of socially disadvantaged groups in Indian society. It elaborates the concept and meaning of caste- and ethnicity-based exclusion, and its implications for human development of excluded groups.
Second, it maps the status of disadvantaged groups of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and non-SC/STs with respect to human development and human poverty and captures the inter-social group inequalities.
Third, it tries to analyse the economic and social factors for high deprivation of socially disadvantaged groups in terms of lower access to resources, human capital, social needs and also the lack of freedom to development through restrictions (or non-freedom) to civil, social, cultural, political and economic rights, which are closely linked with societal processes and institutions of caste and untouchability.
It provides empirical evidence on the nature of exclusion and discrimination in multiple spheres to show how the human development of disadvantaged groups is closely linked with the societal processes of caste and ethnicity- based exclusion and discrimination.
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