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Left-Wing Extremism and Human Rights unfolds a mosaic of social issues, especially of the weaker and marginalized section, closely intertwined with internal security.
Based on an empirical study of the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) movement in Andhra Pradesh, once the citadel of LWE, it offers a deep analysis of the growth and consolidation of LWE in India. It also studies the profiles and roles of NGOs in promoting rights for which specific case studies have been undertaken.
As LWE and counter-extremist operations have become the major sources of serious human-rights violations in the country, the pan-Indian scenario of the movement bringing out its genesis, organizational structure, etc., have been elaborately dealt with in this book.
Human and Civil Rights of Marginalized Sections
Human and Civil Rights of Marginalized Sections
From human and civil rights angle, it is pertinent to clearly recognize those marginalized and oppressive communities in our society which are the worst victims of human rights violations. In the present Indian context, different parameters are used to describe these sections on the basis of their socio-economic backwardness, living conditions or discrimination meted out by them in the society. Some commonly accepted parameters include: illiterate or semi-literate, landless and shelterless sections, especially of unorganized sectors devoid of any viable skills and knowledge that fetch marketable capital; bonded/child labourers; victims of caste/communal conflicts, development paradigms and human rights violations; and under trials and socially untouchables.
Taking these parameters into consideration, we can identify ...
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