Book Reviews
| Author | L. N. Sharma |
| Published date | 01 January 2016 |
| Date | 01 January 2016 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0019556120160112 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
204
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INDIAN
JOURNAL
OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
VOL.
LXII,
NO.
1,
JANUARY-MARCH
2016
countries which have not framed laws to address it. Trafficking,
per
se,
has not even found space in the law books
of
many countries. Even the
USA, which has been releasing Trafficking in Persons (TIP), for more
than a decade now, ranking 184 nations, does not accept the
UN
definition
in totality. In the definition given in Trafficking Victims Protection Act,
2000, which has been reauthorised every three years, latest in 2013, talks
merely about forced labour and sex trafficking, overlooking trafficking for
organ transplant, which is mentioned in
UN
definition. There are several
dimensions
of
trafficking, which are covered in UN definition; hence, this
book has raised the issues
of
revisiting the definition.
To address the
problem
of
human trafficking,
it
is imperative to
understand the various dimensions
of
trafficking. And each dimension
has to
be
further classified to comprehend the basic difference,
or
else the
strategy to counter trafficking, through legal
or
social means, will misfire.
This book has tried to discuss in detail the possibly known dimensions with
classifications. A new addition to the most often discussed dimension is
medical trafficking, which goes beyond trafficking for organ transplant, such
as trafficking for surrogacy and clinical drug trials. The book ties to analyse
various perspectives and possible convergence for holistic address
of
the
issue.
It
adds new perspective to the subject
of
trafficking by analysing the
gaps
in
social policies, which have resulted in continuous increase in human
trafficking. The discussion ranges from understanding the criminal justice
system, its merger with social justice system, and the new paradigm shift
in legislations in the form
of
socio-criminal acts. A Brute Mute theory has
been developed over the concept
of
unheard stifled voices
of
the vulnerable,
who are supposed to be the main benefactors
of
any social policies and legal
acts. This comparative study
of
two communities, Bedia in India and the
Native Americans in USA, reflects the gaps, enhancing their vulnerability.
The book point out to the gaps in social policies and legal acts, which are
the cause
of
perpetuation
of
human trafficking.
-DIPANKAR
GUHA
M.
L.
Fotedar,
The Chinar Leaves: A Political Memoir
Harper Collins Publications India, 2015, pp. 354, price: Rs.
5991-.
M.
L.
Fotedar, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's political secretary
from 1980 to 1984 as well as Rajiv Gandhi's political secretary for about
three years before joining latter's Cabinet, undertook the task
of
writing
his memoirs in October 2015, after he had fallen from the grace
of
the
.. imperial" Congress President Sonia Gandhi. In her installation as Congress
President and in advising her to select
P.
V.
Narasimha Rao and Manmohan
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