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Mangubhai, Jayshree P.,

Human rights as practice : dalit women securing livelihood entitlements in South India / Jayshree P. Mangubhai. - First edition. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xiii, 295 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index.

Introduction: Situating dalit women within rights and development
1. Collective action, exclusion and entitlements
2. Political responses to social exclusion and discrimination
3. Asserting the right to adequate housing
4. Ongoing struggle for land entitlement
5. Uneven political economics of an entitlement struggle
Conclusion: Human rights as practice - agency, power and strategies.

ISBN: 9780198095453 (hbk.) 0198095457

Source: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

LCCN: 2014355889

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women's rights--India--Tamil Nadu.
Dalit women--Legal status, laws, etc.--India--Tamil Nadu.
Dalit women--Economic conditions.--India--Tamil Nadu
Human rights--India--Tamil Nadu.

LC Class. No.: HQ1236.5.I4 / M359 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 323.34095482 JAY / 008886