This volume explores the linkages between education and empowerment of women, marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. The essays explore various educational policies, principles and practices as means to social order as well as tools for empowerment of the oppressed.

List of Tables and Figures. List of Abbreviations. Foreword. Acknowledgements. About the Editor and Contributors. Introduction Part 1: Education and Empowerment: Perspectives and Overviews 1. 'Education and Citizenship': Beyond the Right Based Approach 2. 'Perspectives on Education and Social Empowerment': The Indian Context 3. 'Conscientização, Everyday Struggle and Transformative Education': Towards a Framework for Effective Community-Education Linkage Part 2: Education of the Disadvantaged: Scheduled Class, Scheduled Tribes, Minorities and Girls 4. Education and Emancipation: The Saga and Ideology of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 5. State Policy, Education and Tribes 6. Faltering Steps to Modern Education: The Ho Adivasis of Colonial Singhbhum 7. Disparities in Access to Higher Education: Persistent Deficit of Muslims 8. Enabling Equality: Girls' Education, Social Norms and Community Interventions Part 3: Educational Policies and Programmes 9. Policy Reform and Education Development in a Federal Context: Reflections on the Uneven Process of Change in Bihar 10. Exploring the legacy of three innovative programmes: Lessons learnt from Lok Jumbish, Shiksha Karmi and Mahila Samakhya 11. Making Policies work for Education and Social Empowerment: Reflection on the Shikshakarmi Project in Rajasthan 12. Adult Education and Social Empowerment: Indian Experience Part 4: School Education and Empowerment 13. Neoliberal Policy and the Crisis of State Schooling 14. Shaping Everyday Educational Vocabulary: State Policy and a Slum School 15. Retention of Children in Schools in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Challenges for RTE 16. Adolescent Education: Issues and Challenges Part 5: Higher Education and Empowerment 17. Justice Framework of Public Policy in Higher Education 18. Affirmative Action and 'Parity of Participation' in Higher Education: Policy Perspective and Institutional Response 19. Community Colleges: An Alternative System of Education for Social Empowerment 20. Education, Inequality and Neo-liberalism Appendix. Glossary. Index