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The rights of vulnerable groups of India : an evaluation

Keshab Debbarma

The rights of vulnerable groups of India : an evaluation - BangaloreBangalore NLSIU 2012 - 100 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents Certificate; Declaration; Acknowledgement; List of cases; i) Aims and Objectives; ii) Scope and limitations; iii) Research methodology; iv) Chapterization; v) Hypothesis; vi) Research questions; vii) Mode of citation; Contents: Introduction; I. Vulnerable due to caste culture ; II. Vulnerable due to economic environment and calamities ; III. Vulnerable due to other factors ; IV. Legal protection to vulnerable sections ; Chapter-I; Conceptualization of vulnerability or vulnerable groups ; A] Different approaches to conceptualize vulnerability ; i) Social Science approach of vulnerability ; ii) Economic approach of vulnerability ; iii) Ecological approach of vulnerability ; iv) Other approaches of vulnerability ; B) Different categories of vulnerability ; C) Component of Vulnerability ; D) Mental/Psychological reaction due to hazard ; E) Frequent responses to vulnerability ; F) Nature of Vulnerability ; G) Characteristics of vulnerability ; H) causes of vulnerability ; I] Limitation to the knowledge of vulnerability ; J] Consequences of vulnerability ; KJ Purpose of conceptualization of vulnerability ; Chapter- 2; Classification of vulnerable groups in India ; 1) Caste groups as vulnerable groups ; 2) Adult women as vulnerable; 3) Children both girls and boys as vulnerable groups ; 4) Aged person as vulnerable groups ; 5) Disabled person as vulnerable groups ; 6) HIY/AIDS infected victims as vulnerable groups ; 7) Internally displaced person and refugee as vulnerable groups; 8) Gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual as vulnerable groups ; 9) Workers in unorganized sector as vulnerable groups ; Chapter- 3; Legal framework for the protection of vulnerable groups ; 1) National legal framework for the protection of vulnerable groups ; 2) International legal frame work for the protection of vulnerable groups ; Chapter- 4; Violation of rights of vulnerable groups and judicial responses to it in; 1) Obligations of the State in protecting the rights of vulnerable groups ; 2) Judicial activism ; 3) Judicial responses for the protection of vulnerable groups' rights ; Chapter -5; Conclusion and Recommendations ; Bibliography.