Power on the move : Adivasi and Roma accessing social justice / Cristina-Ioana Dragomir.
"Based on intensive ethnographic work in Romania and India conducted over six years, this book traces the struggle for social justice in Roma and Adivasi communities. Throughout centuries of persecution and marginalization, the Roma and Adivasi have been viewed as both victims and fighters, as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2022.
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| Summary: | "Based on intensive ethnographic work in Romania and India conducted over six years, this book traces the struggle for social justice in Roma and Adivasi communities. Throughout centuries of persecution and marginalization, the Roma and Adivasi have been viewed as both victims and fighters, as royals and paupers, beasts and gods, and lately have been challenging the political and social order by defying the status quo. Different from commonly held suppositions that assume most marginalized and mobile communities typically resist the state and engage in hostile acts to undermine its authority, Power on the Move shows how these groups are willing to become full members. By utilizing different means, such as protests, sit-ins and grass roots organizing, they aim to gain the attention of the state (national and international), hoping to reach inclusion and access social justice"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350229907 1350229903 1350229881 9781350229891 135022989X 9781350229884 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 30, 2022) |
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