Challenging State's Authority and reclaiming citizenship: A Case on Action Against Eviction and Deportation of Pavement Dwellers in Mumbai, India
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Ferzana Chaze contributed the chapter, "Challenging State's Authority and Reclaiming Citizenship: A Case on Action Against Eviction and Deportation of Pavement Dwellers in Mumbai, India" in the book Subversive Social Action: Extra-legal and Illegal Action for Social Justice.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Description
Subversive Action presents cases that explore the use of extralegal action undertaken in pursuit of human rights and social justice, and locate that action with reference to the boundaries of social work. Definitions of social work often include goals of social change, social justice, empowerment, and the liberation of people, but social work texts make little mention of extralegal actions. Mainstream conceptions of social work usually consider it to fall within the framework of particular legal and societal contexts. As such, it is presented with boundaries for legitimate action even as it espouses principles that may require it to challenge these boundaries. How does one do social work in legal and societal contexts that challenge these principles with institutional and state-mandated exclusion and discrimination? Should social workers simply act within the bounds of the law in line with their professional sanction and mandate? Do their actions qualify as social work if they are beyond the limits of the law? The essays in this volume, by authors from around the world, raise these questions by providing a basis for reflection about the claims we make in social work embodied in discourses on social justice and human rights.
ISBN
978-1771121231
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
City
Waterloo
Number of Pages
197
Keywords
social justice, social work, human rights, civil rights
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Health & Community Studies
School
School of Applied Health
Copyright
© Wilfred Laurier Press
SOURCE Citation
George, U. and Chaze, Ferzana, "Challenging State's Authority and reclaiming citizenship: A Case on Action Against Eviction and Deportation of Pavement Dwellers in Mumbai, India" (2015). Books & Chapters. 2.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/fahcs_books/2
Original Citation
George, U., Chaze, F. (2015). Challenging State's Authority and reclaiming citizenship: A Case on Action Against Eviction and Deportation of Pavement Dwellers in Mumbai, India. In Nilan Yu & Deena Mandell (Eds.) Subversive Social Action: Extra-legal and Illegal Action for Social Justice. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.
