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Kameshwar Choudhary is former Professor, Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India.

B. K. Nagla is former Professor, Department of Sociology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

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This book presents an interdisciplinary critical analysis of social exclusion and inequality under contemporary globalisation with a focus on the condition of major historically marginalised communities in India.

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Introduction PART I: SOCIAL EXCLUSION, IDENTITY AND INEQUALITY 1. Identity and Human Security in Globalising India 2. Exclusion and Segregation of Public Places of Consumption in Delhi in the Global Age 3. Globalisation and Issue of Gender Equality in India: Challenges and Opportunities 4. Caste-induced Health Gap in Contemporary India: Issues of Discrimination and Disparity 5. Spatio-Social Inequalities in Private Expenditure on Health in India under the Globalisation Regime 6. 'Globalisation and the Tribes in India: A Fatal Encounter' 7. Caste and Tribe Dynamics in the Era of Globalisation: A sociological analysis of Kalahandi district of Odisha 8. Muslims in India: A Sociological Reflection on the Challenges of their Marginalisation in the era of Globalisation 9. Social Exclusion of Transgender Groups and their Well-being in India PART II: POLITICAL DIMENSION 10. Globalisation for What and Whom?: A Critical Sociological Perspective 11. Rise of Hindutva Politics and Marginalisation of 'the Other' in Western Uttar Pradesh with a focus on post-Liberalisation period 12. Democracy, Development and the Ghost of Urban Naxal in Globalising Neoliberal India 13. Globalisation and Its Impact on Policing with a focus on India 14. Globalisation and Social Movements in India with a focus on anti-POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) case in Odisha 15. Globalisation, Displacement and the Question of Livelihood: Tribal Movements in Contemporary India