Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion Development and Deprivation of Adivasis in India

This volume focuses on themes of exclusion and inclusion vis-à-vis Adivasis in India. It locates issues of development and impediments to their growth within a larger regional, national, and even global, context. The discussion centres on the states of Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura, which have significant Adivasi populations. It also analyses in-depth issues such as child mortality, hunger, poverty, livelihoods, gender, linguisticdiversity, agriculture, and the development process. The book provides a guide for formulating policy in order to overcome deprivation faced by the Adivasis. In doing so, it highlights three important issues: the need to eliminate exclusion in access to services; to accept land and property rights as granted toother citizens; and to ensure adequate representation and voice to the Adivasis in deciding policies related to their lives and welfare.

Dev Nathan is Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi.

Virginius Xaxa is Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati.

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Introduction and Overview (Dev Nathan and Virginius Xaxa)
Section I: Processes of Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion
1. : Inaugural Address: Marginalization of Tribals in India (M. Hamid Ansari)
2. : Tribes and Development: Retrospect and Prospect (Virginius Xaxa)
3. : India's Development Framework, Environment, and Broom Grass: A Sociological Perspective (A. K. Nongkynrih)
4. : Displacement of Tribals in Jharkhand: A Violation of Human Rights (Alex Ekka)
5. : The Eternal Colonial Legacy: Adivasis and Land Assertion in Andhra Agency (Bhangya Bhukya)
6. : Changes and Chances: The Ho People of West Singhbhum and the Challenges of Rapid Economic Growth (Paul Streumer)
7. : Gender and the Development Discourse in Nagaland (Rosemary Dzuvichu)
8. : Class Formation among the Tribes: A Case Study of the Mogs of Tripura (Malabika Das Gupta)
Section II: Exclusion Outcomes
9. : Dying To Get Attention: A Closer Look at Child Mortality among Adivasis in India (Maitreyi Bordia Das, Soumya Kapoor, and Denis Nikitin)
10. : Thought for Food: Endemic Hunger among Forest Dependent Communities (Meena Radhakrishnan)
11. : Poverty and Livelihoods among Forest Based Regions in Southern Orissa: Evidence and Policy Imperatives (Amita Shah)
12. : Calorie Deficiency among Scheduled Tribes in the North-Eastern Region of India (Veronica Pala and Ibalari Khongjoh)
13. : Declining Adivasi Knowledge Systems and Killing of Linguistic Diversity (Anvita Abbi)
Section III: Climate Change: An Emerging Issue of Exclusion?
14. : On Indigenous Peoples' Future (Phrang Roy)
15. : Adivasi Women: Engaging with Climate Change (Govind Kelkar)
16. : Agricultural Transformation in Shifting Cultivation Areas of North-east India: Implications for Land Management, Gender, and Institutions (Birgitte Leduc and Dhrupad Choudhury)
Section IV: Dealing with Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion
17. : Displacement and Reconstruction of Livelihoods (Dev Nathan)
18. : Community Representatives' Views on Development Processes (Dev Nathan)
19. : Development of Adivasi Communities: Lessons from Projects in Asia (Ganesh Thapa and Antonella Cordone)
Notes on Contributors.