Social Exclusion and Policies of Inclusion

This book brings together cross-cultural perspectives on political economy of social exclusion and a critical view of policies of inclusion. The themes covered are political economy of social exclusion; inclusionary policy outcomes; persistent challenges to social exclusion and rethinking social exclusion and inclusion. The contexts are located in varied geographies including India, South East Asia, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The book throws light on how, historically, social inclusion of various excluded communities has always been a part of nation building with varying results. Furthermore, it highlights how the terrain of social exclusion is becoming increasingly complex today. It provides the space to reimagine issues of inclusion and exclusion within the social policy landscape of a country. It provides ways to rethink policies of inclusion such that dialogue between the excluded and the state is enhanced, and the systems of seeking justice for a dignified life, peace and freedom are improved. It appeals to policy makers, academicians and practitioners of development and social policy studies, planning and governance in both developing and developed countries.

Auteur

Smita Mishra Panda is Director Research at the Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha. She has a background in social anthropology and development planning. A gold medalist from University of Delhi, she has several national and international awards to her credit. Her broad areas of teaching and research for over 25 years include gender and development, natural resource management, local governance and livelihoods of the underprivileged.

Dr. Smita was Researcher with the Asian Institute of Technolgy (Bangkok, Thailand) and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (Nagoya, Japan). She has taught at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (Gujarat). She has been Visiting Faculty at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (Norway), Monash University (Australia) and Curtin University (Australia).

Annapurna Pandey is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (USA). She has also taught for a decade at the San Jose State University and has spent a teaching Semester at Sea sponsored by the University of Virginia. She has been Senior Fulbright Scholar in India as well. Her areas of research and teaching include gender and Indian diaspora in the USA and indigenous communities in India.

Supriya Pattanayak is Vice Chancellor of Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha. She is trained in social work and has extensive teaching, research and policy experience. Her research interest is in the field of gender and development issues, and social work pedagogy. She has worked with NGOs, multilateral and bilateral agencies, federal and state governments. In her role as State Representative (Odisha), Department for International Development India (British High Commission), she collaborated with various development partners in pursuance of harmonization of development efforts and achievement of MDGs. She has taught in Australian Universities and been Visiting Research Fellow at the St Petersburg State University, Russia.

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CHAPTER TITLES

CONTRIBUTORS AND AFFILIATIONS

1. Introduction: The Reality of Social Exclusion and Policy of Inclusion

   Smita Mishra Panda

Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha (India)

Supriya Pattanayak

Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha (India)

I POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION

2. From Lords of a sort to Illegal Occupants: Story of Tribes in India

Virginius Xaxa

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Assam (India)

3. Triple Oppression and Exclusion: Middle East Women in the USA

Huma Ahmed Ghosh

San Diego University

USA

4. The Everyday Fault Lines of Inclusion and Exclusion in Delhi: Of Othering, Counter Voices and a Politics of Resistance

Bobby Luthra Sinha

Independent Researcher

New Delhi (India)

5. Globalisation and Social Polarisation: Global Labour Flows of Domestic Workers within the Southeast Asian Region

Shahed Khan

Curtin University

Perth (Australia)

6. Witch Hunting Practice in Tribal Societies of Odisha: Exploring Remedy to an Incorrigible Malady

Sabita Acharya

Utkal University

Odisha (India)

II INCLUSIONARY POLICY OUTCOMES

7. MGNREGA in Odisha: Social Inclusion and Exclusion Challenges

Supriya Pattanayak

Centurion University of Technology and Management

Odisha (India)

8. Exploitation of Hydrocarbons and Social Vulnerability in Veracruz, Mexico

Maria Victoria Chenaut

Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology

Mexico

9. Enclosure of Lake Commons and Socio-economic Exclusion of Fisheries: An illustration from Kerala, India

N.C.Narayanan

Indian Institute of Technology

Bombay (India)

10. When Welfare goes Hand in Hand with Social and Economic Exclusion in Quebec, Canada

Eric Gagnon Poulin

Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

III PERSISTENT CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION

11. Encountering Urban Spaces: Social Exclusion of Youth in India

Ragnhild Lund

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)

Smita Mishra Panda

Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha (India)

12. The Vulnerability of Widows in South Asia: Need for Inclusion.

Swarnamayee Tripathy

Utkal University

Odisha (India)

13. Redefining Transgender Identity in the face of Social Exclusion: Insights from Odisha, India

Smita Mishra Panda

Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha (India)

Payal Nayak

Visiting Faculty, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha (India)

14. Senior Citizen Homes in India: An Example of Social Exclusion from Odisha, India

Annapurna Pandey

University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)

IV RETHINKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION

15. How not to exclude...? Against totalising and colonising delusions of inclusion ...

Jaques Boulet

Borderlands Cooperative

Melbourne (Australia)

16. Living between the West and the Pacific: Papua New Guinea and the Question of Inclusion

Yaso Nadrajah

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT),Melbourne (Australia)