About the Book

The book unravels the approaches, strategies and methods used by different types of philanthropic organizations in addressing the problems of society. They include community-based national and international organizations, corporate sector organizations, family-based organizations and those run by the government. While it brings insights into the priorities these organizations accord, it specially looks into the question whether these organizations address the issue of social justice and support the efforts of NGOs that take up the issue of social exclusion, associated with caste, untouchability, ethnicity and gender, through projects that deal with disadvantaged groups such as Dalits and tribals.

Since not much research has been done on social justice philanthropy related to caste and ethnic groups and their gender and class dimensions, this study provides a good insight into this neglected theme. The book will be of great use to NGOs, funding organizations, researchers and others working in this area.

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About the Author / Editor

Sukhadeo Thorat, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, is currently Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He also served as the founding Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi. He has, to his credit, seventeen books and over seventy scholarly papers published in national and international journals on problems of agriculture development, economic institutions, rural poverty, problem of slums, Dalits, caste discrimination, social and economic ideas of Babasaheb Ambedkar and human rights issues. He has been awarded Padmashree for his contribution to literature and education in 2008.

Gail Omvedt is an American-born Indian sociologist and human rights activist. She has been involved in Dalit and anti-caste movements, environmental, farmers’ and women’s movements. Her academic writings include a number of books and articles on class, caste, gender, social movement, Ambedkar and related issues.

Martin Macwan is a human rights activist based in Gujarat. He founded the Navsarjan in 1989 to promote the rights of Dalits, addressing issues of discrimination, land rights, wages and women’s rights. He has also served as a convener of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. His work has been recognized internationally, with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 2000.

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