Disability and Social Exclusion in Rural India
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- Synopsis
- India is home to a population of 50 million disabled people, the worlds largest outside China. Although 80 per cent of disabled people in India live in rural areas, the government and NGOs direct their activity almost exclusively towards urban centres, and little research has been conducted in rural communities where the incidence of disability is greatest. This book sheds new light on the marginalisation of disabled people in rural India. It exposes the barriers that exclude disabled people from participation in education, livelihoods, social life and medical care. Comprehensive chapters describe each aspect of exclusion in turn, explaining the barriers to participation and evaluating the governments policy and programmatic response. Each chapter ends with recommendations for government policy and an agenda for NGO intervention. This study finds that social exclusion defines the experience of being disabled in rural India at least as much as disability itself.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 196 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9788131600511
- Publisher:
- Rawat Publications
- Date of Addition:
- 04/26/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Insa Klasing
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Kari G
- Proofread By:
- Jim Shaffer
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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