Begging, Street Politics and Power
Secular and Religious Laws
Begging is a complex phenomenon, and its causes are multi-dimensional, ranging from religion, to socio-economic crime and politics. Likewise, the beggar does not belong to a homogenous group. Beggars are heterogenous in nature belonging to many different categories, from children, to adults, to the elderly.Begging, Street Politics and Power focuses on the concepts of begging, street politics, religion and power in two different contexts: India and Pakistan. Considering both religious and secular begging regulation, and drawing on Hindu and Islamic engagements with begging as well as laws regulating begging in both geographical contexts, the b…
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- ISBN: 978-1-317-17565-0
- EAN: 9781317175650
- Produktnummer: 31315533
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
- Seitenangabe: 170 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Sheba Saeed is an assistant professor at the Institute of Business Administration, (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK. Prior to her career in academia, Sheba practiced as a solicitor in the UK. For her doctoral research she provided a critique on the regulation of begging in Mumbai using religious and secular laws in an audio-visual format with a written thesis. Her debut documentary was Beggars of Lahore. The film has screened at International Conferences and Film Festivals.
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