A Dignified Meal
Negotiated Spaces in India’s School Meal Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7299028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sony Pellissery (0000-0002-8448-3489), Sattwick Dey Biswa (0000-0001-5150-6157), Biju Paul Abraham |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Quality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0344 • E-ISSN: 1757-0352 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ijsq.2016.060204 |
| OpenAlex | W2629166237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
In human rights literature, human dignity is the foundation of human rights. Thus, scholarly literature has focused on rights to further enhance dignity. In this article, we argue that rights alone provide only a minimum of dignity. We examine India's right to food legislation and its implementation in school meal programs. Based on our observations, we argue that discretion and negotiation are complementary institutional spaces that can be developed for the meaningful enjoyment of rights and thus dignity. The negotiations that take place between school management committees and schoolteachers determine the dignity of the midday meal by improving meal quality and nutritional content, infrastructural facilities, and working arrangements for the cooking and delivery of meals. The findings are based on a study of four schools in the states of Kerala and West Bengal and on a review of studies on the midday meal programs in other Indian states
Agriculture · Dignity · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Geography · Human rights · Legislation · Negotiation · Political science · Right to food · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |