Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines at the multidimensional problems of social exclusion and inclusion, and the long-term issues facing contemporary Indian democracy.

1. Some Theoretical Issues Concerning Social Exclusion and Inclusion in India 2. Social Exclusion and the Strategy of Empowerment 3. Identity Politics and Social Exclusion in India's North-East: The Case for Redistributive Justice 4. Inclusion in Nationhood: Bhudev Mukhopadhyay's Concept of Jatiyabhav 5. Rabindra Nath Tagore's Concept of Social Exclusion and Inclusion in India: A Nation without Nationalism 6. Identity and Social Exclusion-Inclusion: A Muslim Perspective 7. Inclusive and Exclusive Development in India in the Post-Reform Era 8. Social Exclusion in India: Evidences from the Wage Labour Market 9. Polavaram Dam Project: A Case Study of Displacement of Marginalized People 10. Purity as Exclusion, Caste as Division: The Ongoing Battle for Equality 11. Narrating Gender and Power: Literary and Cultural Texts and Contexts 12. The Fire and the Rain: A Study in Myths of Power

Harihar Bhattacharyya is Professor of Political Science, University of Burdwan, India. He has been awarded international fellowships and visiting assignments by the universities of Heidelberg, London, Hull and Fribourg. His publications include India as a Multicultural Federation: Asian Values, Democracy and Decentralization.

Partha Sarkar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Burdwan, India.

Angshuman Kar is Reader and Head of the Department of English, University of Burdwan, India. He edited Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Literatures.