Begging, Street Politics and Power: The Religious and Secular Regulation of Begging in India and Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9781472472687 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 168 str.

Sheba Saeed

Opis

Begging is a complex phenomenon, and its causes are multi-dimensional, ranging from religion, to socio-economic crime and politics. Likewise, the beggar does not belong to a homogenous group. Beggars are heterogenous in nature belonging to many different categories, from children, to adolescents, to the elderly. Street Politics and Power focuses on the concepts of begging, street politics, religion and power in three different contexts: the UK, India and Pakistan. Considering both religious and secular begging regulation, and drawing on Christian, Hindu and Buddhist engagements with begging, the book brings to the debate a wider social scientific critique of the power relationships inherent in this phenomenon.