About the Book: Sociology of Sanitationthemes And Perspectives
Exclusion from safe water and basic sanitation destroys more lives than any
casualty. As an instrumental exclusion it reinforces the deep inequalities in
life chances and life styles that divide countries and people on the basis of
spatial, wealth, gender, caste and other markers for deprivation. The works
emphasizes that the idea of sanitation is a buzz word for various development
policies and planning ensuring community participation. Intricacies of
sanitation urgently need to be tapped in a holistic framework. The book presents
the issues of sanitation in a jacketed configuration as follows: "I n a broader
sense sanitation implies management,