Essays about: "marginalization in india"
Found 4 essays containing the words marginalization in india.
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1. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Development of Mauritius: The Marginalization of the Creole Community
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The success of Mauritius has often been mentioned as a lesson for African countries to learn from involving a decreased inequality gap, improved living standards and full democracy in Africa, which is unique for the continent. The liberalization of its policies has resulted in openness to trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to attain increased investment from abroad and a rapid economic growth. READ MORE
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2. Arundhati Roy : Reclaiming Voices on the Margin in The God of Small Things
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The aim of this essay is to critically consider Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a special focus on how she models different representations of women, taking as a background the discussions within postcolonial feminism about subalternity and the representations of women from the so-called Third World in theory and literature, as well as the concept of agency from Cultural Studies. This purpose is reached by studying and comparing three main female characters in the novel: Mammachi, Baby Kochamma and Ammu, centering on their different ways of relating to the male hero of the novel, Velutha, an Untouchable in the lingering caste system of India. READ MORE
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3. Women - The way out of poverty? Locating women empowerment in a case study of Kudumbashree.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Abstract Since the early 1990s the concept of ?women empowerment? has gained ground in the development discourse as a result of the acknowledgement of the marginalization of women in development strategies. Poverty is frequently given the face of a woman, making it fashionable to evolve gender sensitive development schemes based on women empowerment, which are supposed to challenge the victimization of poor women. READ MORE
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4. Tibetan migration to India - Why, when, how and with what consequences?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : When China occupied Tibet in 1950 in order to "liberate" Tibet from its "economic backwardness" of feudal and religious traditions, the effects were devastating. Tibetans were dispatched to labour camps, monks and nuns were executed or imprisoned, thousands of monasteries and temples were destroyed and communist propaganda was forced upon the Tibetan people. READ MORE
