Human rights as practice : dalit women securing livelihood entitlements in South India
Mangubhai, Jayshree P.Author
This study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in three villages in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where Dalit women engage in struggles to secure or protect livelihood entitlements such as housing land or work. The research examines the processes of these women organising and evolving collective action strategies to claim access to and control over livelihood resources in different contexts where they face social exclusion.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in three villages in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where Dalit women engage in struggles to secure or protect livelihood entitlements such as housing land or work. The research examines the processes of these women organising and evolving collective action strategies to claim access to and control over livelihood resources in different contexts where they face social exclusion.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2014).
Women's rights
Dalit women
Dalit women
Human rights
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Gender Studies & Sexuality
Social Conditions