Mapping social exclusion in India : caste, religion and borderlands / edited by Paramjit S. Judge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of contributors; List of tables and figures; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Social Exclusion in India: Theoretical Perspectives and Issues: 1. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion in India Harish K. Puri; 2. Social exclusion, globalization and marginalized groups B. K. Nagla; 3. Situating social exclusion in the context of caste: a case of Dalits in India Vivek Kumar; 4. Reservation policy in India: exclusion in inclusion Satish K. Verma; 5. Coping with exclusions the non-political way Meeta Rajivlochan and M. Rajivlochan; Part II. Empirical Studies: Caste and Religious Exclusions: 6. Egalitarian religion and caste-based exclusion in rural Punjab Paramjit S. Judge; 7. 'Rajput', local deities and discrimination: tracing caste formation in Jammu Toru Takahashi; 8. Excluded and marginalized: patterns of deprivation of the scavengers Vishav Raksha; 9. Looking beyond generalities: caste, social exclusion and Deras in Punjab Ronki Ram; 10. Caste and dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in local governance S. R. Ahlawat; Part III. Case Studies: Borderlands and Social Exclusion: 11. 'No man's land?': Exclusion in the borderbelt of Punjab Harpreet Kaur; 12. Farmers at the borderbelt of Punjab: fencing and forced deprivation Jagrup S. Sekhon; 13. Barbed wire fencing and exclusion of border communities Sapna K. Sangra; Conclusion: combating exclusion: paradoxes and challenges; Index.

"Identifies and examines various trajectories of exclusion at both macro and micro levels in India"--