About the Book
Social justice and human rights remain integral to progressive politics all over the world. This has inspired numerous domestic and transnational social movements on issues as varied as from protection for oppressed people to challenging authoritarian regimes.
India has an impressive array of laws and policies to ensure universal human rights to all segments of society. However, ensuring human rights to all is a complex task with important institutional, moral and political dimensions. The major endeavour of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the policy and practice of human rights in India. It has further discussed some of the key human rights issues in contemporary India. The primary focus of the book is to stimulate thinking about the future of human rights in India among the faculty and students of social sciences.
Contents
1. Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement in India: Laws and Policies / Namita Gupta and Rajiv Kumar Gupta
2. Mental Health Care Reforms in India: Adoption of Rights-Based Approach / Bhawna Gupta and Twinkle Attrey
3. Crime Against Women: Reasons and Remedies / Kamla and Emanual Nahar
4. Human Rights and Police Ethics: Policy and Practice / Kuldeep Singh
5. Behind the Stitches: A Case Study of Home-based Workers Working for Boutiques / Anu H. Gupta and Rati Arora
6. Role of Asha Workers in Realizing Right to Health: A Study from Rural Punjab / Deepikaa Gupta
7. Right to Education in India: Theory and Practice / Monika Jaiswal
8. Right to Life: Role of Society and Technology in Declining Sex Ratio in India / Anupam Bahri
9. Run-Away Marriages in Punjab: Institutional Intervention and Protection / Kanika Sharma
10. Human Rights Perspective on Intellectual Property on Internet / Sonia Jain and Isha Jain
11. Right to Life and Female Foeticide: Policy and Practice / Rajesh Kumar Chander
12. Role of Education in Strengthening and Creating Awareness of Human Rights in India / Ram Mehar
13. Human Rights and Police Training: An Indian Perspective / Shaveta Begra
14. Accessible India Campaign: A Step Towards Accessibility Beyond Disability and Charity / Pardeep Kumari
About the Author / Editor
Namita Gupta is a senior faculty in the Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Currently, she holds the designation of Chairperson in the Centre. A gold medalist in M.A. and M.Phil. in Public Administration, she also did her Masters in Human Rights and Duties. Her research work in the field of human rights is well acknowledged and has taken her to various countries including South Korea, Hungary, Austria, Canada and Singapore. Her earlier published books are Environmental Administration in India: Issues and Concerns and Human Rights in India: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (ed.). Besides this, she has published extensively in various reputed national and international journals and books. She is the Vice President of the Thematic Group on Human Rights and Social Justice of the International Sociological Association. Her areas of interest are environment, urban governance, rights of the aged and differently-abled.
