Sigamany, indrani (2016) Land Rights and Neoliberalism: An Irreconcilable Conflict for Indigenous Peoples in India? Land Rights and Neoliberalism: An Irreconcilable Conflict for Indigenous Peoples in India?. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1744-5531
Abstract
Does legislation that grants land rights necessarily ensure justice? The Forest Rights Act of 2006 (FRA) in India, a landmark social justice law, aims to enhance land security for forest peoples. Increasingly displaced by development and extractive industries which intensifies impoverishment, indigenous peoples in India should with the FRA, be able to protect their land, their livelihoods and their culture. Continued government violations of forest land rights in the name of development, highlight that economically vulnerable populations lack the power to take advantage of legislation. I examine the tension of current indigenous land struggles in the context of the legal frameworks of the FRA, and the neoliberal culture of India.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Sigamany, I. (2016) ‘Land rights and neoliberalism: an irreconcilable conflict for indigenous peoples in India?’, International Journal of Law in Context, , pp. 1–19. doi: 10.1017/S1744552316000392. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Indigenous land rights, Forest Rights Act 2006, gender equality, access to justice, human rights, land dispossession, neoliberalism |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School The University of York The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Centre for Applied Human Rights (York) |
Depositing User: | Dr. indrani sigamany |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2017 10:06 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 12:48 |
Published Version: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/internatio... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | International Journal of Law in Context/Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | doi.org/10.1017/S1744552316000392 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112866 |
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