Disability : Towards Inclusive India

Edited by Ruchi Ramesh and Sudhir Kumar Singh

ISBN 10: 8182745667 / ISBN 13: 9788182745667

Published by Pentagon Press, 2011

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Contents Preface Introduction I Disability perspectives 1 Disability poverty and sustainable development a new outlookPankaj Sreshakar 2 Definitional and enumeration inconsistencies a case for review differently abled populationBhupinder Zutshi 3 Strategies for including the excluded the differently abledAsha JV 4 Disability and skill development in IndiaRakesh Raman Jha II Developmental issues 5 Adjustment problems of disabled children and their educational opportunitiesRashmi Sharma and Vandana Bhardawaj 6 Landmines the deadliest face of terror disability and the United NationsVivek Saini 7 Protecting rights of disabled an educational interventionJayadeba Sahoo III Disability and human rights 8 Disabled in India imperatives for rethinking legal and policy interventionsAlok Kumar Gupta and Geetanjali Sharma 9 Disabilities and human rights of army personnelAnil Bhat 10 Disability and judiciaryP Saibabu and C Ravi Sankar 11 Parliament vis-a-vis social justice to disabled personsS Prabhakar IV Gendered dimension 12 Disability poverty and sustainable development a gendered perspectiveAmit Rahul and Rashmi Sinha 13 Disabled women in search of their identity Himachal in focusRuchi Ramesh 14 Disability and gender Indian contextSudhir Kumar Singh Bibliography IndexDisability has emerged as an utmost concern of emerging India The number of this most disadvantaged group is over 100 million and they have been under the twin discrimination from the state and society Bringing the disabled into the mainstreaming process of development will ensure sustainable development and inclusive growth of the country Their full proof empowerment is the key to the philosophy of inclusion and basic lever of fundamental human rights Being a democratic country is is our utmost responsibility to provide them all required facilities according to the Kautilayan notion of good governance The book deals with those pertinent issues in a comprehensive manner and come out with diverse level of policy suggestions jacket 250 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disability : Towards Inclusive India
• Publisher: Pentagon Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8182745667
• ISBN 13: 9788182745667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Bringing the disabled into the mainstreaming process of development will ensure sustainable development and inclusive growth of the country. Their full proof empowerment is the key to the philosophy of inclusion and basic lever of fundamental human rights. Being a democratic country it is our utmost responsibility to provide them all required facilities according to the Kautilayan notion of good governance. The book deals with those pertinent issues in a comprehensive manner and come out with diverse level of policy suggestions.

About the Author

Dr. Ruchi Ramesh is teaching in the Department of Sociology, R.K.M.V, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. She has contributed a lot in the pursuit of research. Her area of research includes diverse sections of society. Dr. Sudhir Kumar Singh is teaching in the Department of Political Science, Dyal Singh College(M), University of Delhi. He did his doctorate from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His area of research includes diverse aspects of Human Rights. He has edited few books related to diverse issues of social sciences and international politics. He has many publications in international and national journals to his credit.