Comprehending Equity

List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Foreword. 1. Introduction: Equity and differing contexts in Northeast India Section I: The Concept and Context 2. Social equity: A conceptual note 3. Understanding equity and equality: Some conceptual and pragmatic considerations 4. Equity: A crucial debate in contemporary India 5. Equity and ethnic politics in north east India Section II: Ethnicity, Development and Governance 6. Politics of identity formation in Sikkim: An insider's view 7. Ethnicity, food security and deprivation: The marginalised hill people and distributive (in)justice in Manipur 8. When boundaries matter: Land, laws and territorial conflict in Manipur 9. Ensuring social justice in tribal society: Reservation of women in the local bodies of Mizoram 10. Equity, reciprocity and environmental ethics: Comparative study of agricultural practices vis-a-vis sustainable development among the tribes of northeast India Section III: Tangle of Subjugation: Women & Religious Minority 11. Demystifying sex work: Questions of social equity 12. Locating women within ethnic movements: A case of Assam 13. Pangals in Manipur: A community symbolising disadvantaged status in the state Section IV: Domain of Education 14. Financing of school education in north-eastern states of India 15. Classroom as a site of exclusion in massified higher education in India 16. Brewing knowledge in university: Just add northeast and stir. Index.