Contents:
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