Discourse on Rights in India: Debates and Dilemmas

ISBN-13: 9781138056244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 414 str.

Bijayalaxmi Nanda; Nupur Ray

Opis

The book argues that even though rights exist within legal/constitutional provisions, there is little agreement on how to reconcile contradictions owing to their conflicting and competing nature. It focuses on a distinctive vantage point to navigate intersectionality and diversity within this heterogeneous terrain.

Spis treści

Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Introduction: Discourse on Rights in India: Debates and Dilemmas Part I: Theorizing Rights: Diversity and Difference Chapter 1: Dimensions of Power and Social Transformation Chapter 2: Constitutionalizing Rights, Negotiating Difference: The Indian Experiment Chapter 3: Gender, Rights and the Justice Gap: Going Beyond the Politics of Difference Chapter 4: Law, Rights and Politics: Dilemmas and Responses Chapter 5: Human Rights, Climate Change and Climate Justice Chapter 6: What can Human Rights add to the Fight against Corruption? Some Lessons from India Part II: Gender, Religion, Family, Work, Caste and Community: Issues and Contestations Chapter 7: Sex-Selective Abortion and Reproductive Rights: A Syncretic Feminist Approach Chapter 8: Bodily Rights and Agency: Looking at the Rights Discourse of Women in Prostitution Chapter 9: Women in Politics and the Subject of Representations Chapter 10: The Triple Talaq Controversy: Gender Concerns and Minority Safeguards Chapter 11: Women and Disability: Issues of Care Part III: The ‘Myth’ of Conflicting Rights: A Critique of the Indian State Chapter 12: India’s Education Policy and Failures of Empathy Chapter 13: The ‘Right’ Music: Caste and ‘Classical’ Music in South India Chapter 14: The Trajectories of Work, Sexuality and Citizenship: The Rights of the Transgender in India Chapter 15: People and the Terrains: PESA Reconsidered Chapter 16: Dilemmas in Kashmir: A Human Rights Perspective. Beyond Conclusions: Discourse on Rights in India: A Case for Reflective Autonomy. Index