XXXI Abstracts Part 1 page 1-189

More documents

Recommendations

Info

2. Dalit Peoples’ Struggles And Movements For Equitable Society. 3. Women’s Struggles And Movements for Gender-Discrimination-Free Equitable Society. 4. Peoples’ Struggles and Movements for Secular Society. 5. Peoples’ Science Movements For Equitable Society. 6. Peasants’ Struggles And Movements for Equitable Society. 7. Youths’ Movements And Struggles For Equitable Society (Second All India Young Scientists Convention). 8. Peoples’ Struggles And Movements For Rights For Information. (b) International Seminars/Symposia Themes: 1. Peoples’ Liberation Struggles and Movements Across the World (Asia, Africa and Latin America) for Equitable Society. 2. International Working Peoples/Trade Union Struggles And Movements For Equitable Society. 3. International Peoples Movements for Protection of Rights of Children. (c) Special Symposia/Colloquia: Special Symposia/Colloquia will be held on following issues during the ISSC. 1. The Planet Earth: Peoples, Society And Science. 2. The Science of Global Warming. 3. From The Paradigm of Mal-Development To The Paradigm of Peoples’ Development. 4. The Socio-economic Implications of Special Economic Zones. (see pp 25-28 for details) Besides, research scientists/social activists/policy planners desirous of organizing small group discussions on themes of their concern are welcome to send their proposals under ‘Ad Hoc Group Discussions’. Time is allotted for such discussions during post-dinner session between 2100 and 2330 hours. The proposer shall undertake the responsibility of planning and organizing such discussions. There ought to be atleast 5 participants. 5. PUBLIC LECTURES The Indian Academy of Social Sciences organizes public lectures by eminent scientists, social activists, policy planners and educationists prior to, during and after the Indian Social Science Congress within a view to communicating science to the people. Such lectures are held in the evening hour during the Indian Social Science Congress. PLENARY PAPERS PLENARY I: PEOPLES’ STRUGGLES AND MOVEMENTS FOR ECONOMIC EQUALITY 0110001 JAIN, SATISH K (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067). ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: THE CONCEPTUAL ISSUES. Possibly the most significant conceptual issue relating to economic, social and cultural rights is whether they belong to the ensemble of human rights or not. While there is a general consensus on the desirability of realization of economic, social and cultural rights for everyone in the society, the matter of status of these rights as human rights is not without controversy; although the dominant contemporary view regards economic, social and cultural rights to be as much human rights as the fundamental freedoms, normally included among civil and political rights and almost universally acknowledged to be human rights. According to this dominant thinking all human rights are interrelated and indivisible.
The dominant contemporary view deals with the question of the status of economic, social and cultural rights axiomatically. It simply takes these rights to be human rights. Another possible approach, taken in this paper, is to analyze the idea of human rights with a view to determine the constitutive elements of the idea and then see whether economic, social and cultural rights satisfy the elements which together make up the conception of human rights. With this in mind the idea of human rights is analyzed in detail in the paper. The analysis focuses on three constitutive elements of the conception of human rights, namely, state-centricity, inviolability and inalienability, which together define the notion of human rights. In the context of state-centricity, it is argued that as in the contemporary world the state is not the only source of rules, regulations and laws which have relevance from the perspective of human rights, the idea of human rights being defined only in relation to the state needs reformulation so as to include the relevant international organizations and transnational corporations among those with the power and capacity to violate human rights. In a part of the human rights literature a distinction is made between those rights fulfilment of which requires action by the state (positive rights) and those for the fulfilment of which the state has to merely refrain from doing anything which would be violative of them (negative rights). It is generally thought that economic, social and cultural rights belong to the former category and civil and political rights to the latter one. The reason for the importance of this positive rights-negative rights distinction lies in the fact that while for the realization of rights in the former category a welfare state might turn out to be necessary; the realization of the latter category of rights is consistent even with a minimal role for the state. It is contended in the paper that this way of classifying rights is fundamentally problematic and that analytically the correct position is that every right has both positive and negative aspects; positive aspects requiring action by the state for their realization and the negative aspects requiring merely refraining by the state from doing anything against those aspects for their realization. Consequently, a welfare state might turn out to be essential for the protection of even those rights which are normally considered as negative rights if the positive aspects of them are such as to require substantial action on the part of the state. An important implication of the inviolability attribute of the conception of human rights is that normative considerations, no matter how persuasive, cannot be invoked to scuttle human rights. The respect for human rights must be treated as a prior constraint for the purpose of determining the domain of application of normative considerations other than those relating to human rights. In particular, normative criteria of an aggregative character, like maximization of general welfare or social wealth, cannot be invoked over domains where their application might result in violations of human rights. In the contemporary context of globalization, the state-centricity and inviolability attributes of human rights together have some important implications from the perspective of economic, social and cultural rights. From the conception of human rights it follows that if actions of some individuals have negative externalities for some other individuals impinging on their human or basic rights then it entails a duty on the part of the state or the international order to take steps to prevent occurrence of these negative externalities or at the very least nullify their effects. In particular, existence of negative externalities in economic domain entails a duty on the part of the state or the international order as the case may be to at least regulate economic activity when it is in conflict with fundamental human rights. We use the term externality in the same sense as in economics. If an action by a person has negative consequences for another person and these negative consequences are not a cost to the former, a negative externality is said to exist. The most significant aspect of the contemporary international order is the predominance in it of the complex of economic rules having extraordinary reach. The proclaimed purpose or rationale of most of these economic rules is to increase wealth or enhance economic efficiency. The notion or rather notions of economic efficiency, though deceptively simple to state, are in fact exceedingly intricate. It is not easy to see their negative implications; and consequently as normative values they seldom raise controversy. Considering the nature and scale of economic processes in the contemporary context, involving massive negative externalities, particularly through the degradation of the environment, it should be clear that the deterioration in the living conditions of large numbers of people must inevitably result. This of course implies that, in the absence of action by the state or some other agency nullifying these negative effects, basic rights of anyone with a subsistence or marginal existence whose living conditions deteriorate as a consequence of negative effects would be violated. The efficiency considerations, however, in general do not favour undertaking of actions by the state which would either prevent such violations or nullify their effects. Thus, in the contemporary context the conflict between economic processes and human rights appears to be not an incidental one but an inherent one. One crucial attribute of negative externalities of modern economic processes is their generally diffuse and widespread character, partly due to their operating through the degradation of the environment. Given that in the contemporary world a very large number of people live a marginal existence, the diffuse and widespread character of negative externalities ensures that in the absence of countervailing action to nullify the effects of these negative externalities there would be some whose fundamental rights would be violated. By fundamental rights here one means rights like the right to life, on whose being a human right there are no two opinions, and not economic, social and cultural rights. The diffuse and widespread character of the negative externalities of modern economic processes also implies that in any
Page 1 and 2: XXXI INDIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS
Page 3 and 4: 06 THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE OF THE CO
Page 5: 26. Statistics & Mathematics Resear
Page 9 and 10: PLENARY II: PEOPLES’ STRUGGLES AN
Page 11 and 12: The ordinary Indian therefore lives
Page 13 and 14: Within the class formation hinted a
Page 15 and 16: In spite of all that is positive in
Page 17 and 18: In the scenario dominated by religi
Page 19 and 20: THE SPACE FOR PEOPLES’ MOVEMENT T
Page 21 and 22: capitalism is likely to emerge with
Page 23 and 24: SEMI-IMPERIALISM AND MINI-LIBERATIO
Page 25 and 26: 3 High quality products of small ti
Page 27 and 28: aised to 8%. This approach would cr
Page 29 and 30: iomass energy A 10 years period is
Page 31 and 32: extend the recovery period will als
Page 33 and 34: Following schedule of capital cost
Page 35 and 36: 4.3 Thus, the farmer can receive Rs
Page 37 and 38: limited understanding of time in tr
Page 39 and 40: equity is being fundamentally denie
Page 41 and 42: 0423012 KARUNAKARAN, T (Mahatma Gan
Page 43 and 44: Of the numerous (- the number goes
Page 45 and 46: What Next? ‘Kali’ is not like a
Page 47 and 48: To the upliftment of those who are
Page 49 and 50: “……. one Devasahayam and six
Page 51 and 52: lead to the creation of an ‘Ayyan
Page 53 and 54: 14. www.vaikunt.org, also see Ayyan
Page 55 and 56: facilities. People living close to
Page 57 and 58:
One can classify these New Resistan
Page 59 and 60:
(iii) everybody participate in taki
Page 61 and 62:
2. Human liberation or emancipation
Page 63 and 64:
Commodities are, in fact, congealed
Page 65 and 66:
There are, in fact, many more eleme
Page 67 and 68:
The great manthra of globalization
Page 69 and 70:
01. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 01016 JEE
Page 71 and 72:
tremendously at an alarming rate bu
Page 73 and 74:
hegveJe&Jeeme veerefle veneR nesves
Page 75 and 76:
meYeer peien efJekeâeme kesâ veec
Page 77 and 78:
Deeefoce pevepeeefleÙeeW kesâ efM
Page 79 and 80:
03034 MISTRY, NERGES (The Foundatio
Page 81 and 82:
There are various folk traditions o
Page 83 and 84:
05045 CHOTALIYA, MEGHNA K. (C-1, As
Page 85 and 86:
This research paper examines the ex
Page 87 and 88:
05054 PILKINGTON, MARC (University
Page 89 and 90:
The developing countries should hav
Page 91 and 92:
05062 THAKER, NEELA (Smt. M.M.P. Sh
Page 93 and 94:
and services for the Indian consume
Page 95 and 96:
xzkeh.k {ks=ksa esa tkx:drk /khjs&/
Page 97 and 98:
lwpuk izkS|ksfxdh ds fodkl ds dkj.k
Page 99 and 100:
Five hundred power loom workers wer
Page 101 and 102:
Over the years, quality management
Page 103 and 104:
keâer DeeÙe yengle DeefOekeâ Dee
Page 105 and 106:
mecemÙeeDeeW keâes mecePevee nesi
Page 107 and 108:
Dee›eâceCeelcekeâ keâeÙe&Jeen
Page 109 and 110:
Ik;kZoj.kfonksa] HkwxksyosRrkvksa]
Page 111 and 112:
It is not just quantitatively large
Page 113 and 114:
Meeefvle kesâ meeLe meebmke=âefle
Page 115 and 116:
trafficking and narco-terrorism, ar
Page 117 and 118:
ogefveÙee kesâ Deewj osMeeW keâe
Page 119 and 120:
DeelebkeâJeeoer mebie"ve Deewj Dee
Page 121 and 122:
DeeOegefvekeâ Øe#esheeŒe ØeCeeu
Page 123 and 124:
l “kks/k i= ds ek/;e ls mu rF;ksa
Page 125 and 126:
keâjvee nesiee~ efJeMJe kesâ Ske
Page 127 and 128:
10117 ALEX, THOMSON K (Department o
Page 129 and 130:
The objective of the AOA, which cam
Page 131 and 132:
Poverty is an International chronic
Page 133 and 134:
elationship between pal1icipatio,n
Page 135 and 136:
10134 RENA, RAVINDER (Economics, De
Page 137 and 138:
in India. Since the focus of this p
Page 139 and 140:
Under decentralization dangers of n
Page 141 and 142:
DeeJeMÙekeâleeDeeW keâes Deehege
Page 143 and 144:
11148 BAMBHA, MAYUR R. (Department
Page 145 and 146:
While there has been considerable p
Page 147 and 148:
11156 KAMATH, RAVIKALA (Department
Page 149 and 150:
The basic objective of the paper is
Page 151 and 152:
varied kinds for current evaluation
Page 153 and 154:
12. GEOGRAPHY 12170 AHMAD, SYED NAU
Page 155 and 156:
In this paper an attempt is made to
Page 157 and 158:
Deccan Upland Maharashtra is blesse
Page 159 and 160:
ieÌ{Jeeue ØeosMe ceW kegâue 41 M
Page 161 and 162:
In this paper, the author has made
Page 163 and 164:
paintings are the living heritage o
Page 165 and 166:
superstitious beliefs also contribu
Page 167 and 168:
INTERESTS OF THE AGED:- Social Inte
Page 169 and 170:
The data were analyzed with the hel
Page 171 and 172:
have only either poor or fair level
Page 173 and 174:
14218 SINGH, SHAKTI (Department of
Page 175 and 176:
15223 GHOBLE, VRUSHAL (212 Jhelum H
Page 177 and 178:
War on Terror is one that is intima
Page 179 and 180:
Taliban to reduce Iran’s role amo
Page 181 and 182:
questioned that assumption. However
Page 183 and 184:
Civil liberties campaigns have focu
Page 185 and 186:
Globalisation, liberalisation and p
Page 187 and 188:
made. We want to provide informatio
Page 189:
communities and contestations betwe
show all

XXXI Abstracts Part 1 page 1-189

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?