The right to sanitation in India : Critical perspectives

Table of contents

Foreword by Usha Ramanathan
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations and Hindi Terms
Introduction


Part I. Conceptual Framework

Chapter I.: Sanitation: The Last Taboo Becomes A Human Right
Catarina de Albuquerque
Chapter II.: Sanitation in South Africa: Policy, Practice, and Contestation
Jackie Dugard
Chapter III.: The Right to Sanitation: Multiple Dimensions and Challenges
Philippe Cullet
Chapter IV.: Sanitation and State Planning: An Analysis of Five-year Plans
Ruchi Shree

Part II. Realising the Right to Sanitation in Rural and Urban Areas

Chapter V.: Assessing the Realisation of the Right to Sanitation in Rural Areas
Sujith Koonan
Chapter VI.: Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Its Potential to Realise the Right to Sanitation
Lyla Mehta
Chapter VII.: Right to Sanitation in Urban Areas: Legal Obligations and Institutional Challenges
Mathew John
Chapter VIII.: The Politics of Open Defecation: Informality, Body, and Infrastructure in Mumbai
Renu Desai, Colin McFarlane, and Steve Graham
Chapter IX.: The Environmental Dimension of the Right to Sanitation
Lovleen Bhullar

Part III. Dignity, Safety, and Vulnerability

Chapter X.: Safai Karamchari Andolan: An Insider's Account
Bezwada Wilson
Chapter XI.: Invisible Inequalities: an Analysis of the Safai Karamchari Andolan Case
Shomona Khanna
Chapter XII.: Rights of Sanitation Workers in India
P. Sakthivel, M. Nirmalkumar, and Akshayaa Benjamin
Chapter XIII.: Sanitation, Gender Inequality, and Implications for Rights
Sujith Koonan and Lovleen Bhullar

About the Editors and Contributors
Index