Race as a political frontier against caste: WCAR, Dalits and India's foreign policy
Race as a political frontier against caste: WCAR, Dalits and India's foreign policy
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种族作为反对种姓的政治前沿：WCAR、达利特人和印度的外交政策
DOI：
10.1057/s41268-017-0091-3
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发表时间：
2017
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1.7
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Berg D
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Berg D
本文通过考察印度 2001 年南非德班反对种族主义世界会议 (WCAR) 上关于种姓相关性的范式辩论及其“审查过程”，解释了为什么种姓尚未成为消除种族歧视的国际方法的一部分。 2001年，非政府组织领导的组织“全国贱民人权运动”试图将基于种姓的歧视纳入《德班宣言》；然而，印度政府阻止了这一发展，理由是种姓与国际法无关。种姓和种族成为有争议的政治概念，达利特运动的基本原理受到挑战。此外，印度政府通过采用严格的种族概念来建立反对国际人权制度的政治前沿，巩固了印度政府将种姓纳入 WCAR 的外交反对立场。因此，“德班进程”在印度重新激活了有关种族的霸权话语，以避免国际社会对种姓歧视的审查。
This article explains why caste has not become part of the international approach to eliminate racial discrimination by examining a paradigmatic debate in India on the relevance of caste at the 2001 World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa (WCAR) and its ‘Review Process’. In 2001, the NGO-led organisation, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, made an attempt to include caste-based discrimination in the Durban Declaration; however, the Government of India prevented this development on the grounds that caste was irrelevant in international law. Caste and race became contested political concepts, and the rationale of the Dalit campaign was challenged. Furthermore, the Indian government’s diplomatic opposition to include caste in the WCAR was consolidated by adopting a strict concept of race to create a political frontier against an international human rights regime. The ‘Durban process’ thus reactivated a hegemonic discourse in India concerning race to avoid international scrutiny of caste discrimination.