Name of Author(s):

1. Rudra Singh
University Institute of Legal Studies,
Panjab University,
Chandigarh.
Contact: +91-8708564381
Email: rudrab640@gmail.com

2. Pravesh Bishnoi
University Institute of Legal Studies,
Panjab University,
Chandigarh.
Contact: +91-720659329
Email: praveshbishnoi@gmail.com

Title:

Marginalisation: A coherent concept for analysing structural change in contemporary society.

Abstract:

The concept of Marginalisation has acquired immense significance in the modern time. In the
context of globalisation and the rising disparity in the economic social and political spheres
make it a versatile concept, one which is omnipresent and should be studied from a multi-
faceted approach applying the concepts of social sciences. Marginalisation has remained to
be a persistent phenomenon in all its form. Therefore to study such a concept a holistic
approach is needed, which combines both specialisation in specific issues as well as a general
outlook of the modern society plagued by this spectre. One of the objectives of this paper to
is to analyse the concept of Marginalisation, both as a global process affecting entire
economies and societies and its impact back home in the Indian context.

In the Indian framework the role of State, Judiciary and Government institutions play an
important role in affecting the legal and political spheres in the lives of various Marginalised
social groups. An important concept is the access of justice by marginalised people of India.
The constitution of India provides a basis for this by guaranteeing fundamental rights such as
equal protection of laws, equality of status and opportunities, and amongst other rights also
includes the enforcement of these rights by the courts. India is a multi-cultural, multi-
linguistic, multi-religious and multi-ethnic country, and proves to be a tipping point for the
study of the concept of Marginalisation. This paper aims to study this concept as an interplay
of various forces of social, political and economic nature, and how the global Marginalisation
corresponds with its Indian counterpart.