Empowerment and Social Inclusion: A Case Study of Dalit Inclusion in Three VDCs of Kalikot District Ram Bahadur K.C. Abstract This article analyses empowerment as a human agency and social inclusion as structure (opportunity structure) focusing on the relationship between Dalits and non-Dalit and the relationship between the Dalit and the institutions and organizations that affect them. Viewing empowerment as both a means to an end and end in itself, how social mobilization helps to new self-understanding, solidarity and capacity for collective action has been discussed. Moreover it discusses the relationship between increased agency and incentives to increase the access to development opportunities by changing the distributive rules of games. Key Words: Empowerment, rules of games, inclusion, exclusion, social mobilization Introduction Human beings, since the dawn of human society, are not content with their lives. To make their lives easier and simpler, humans have established the society; social values and norms, as rules of games. These values and norms have been set to regulate the behavior and everyday activities of the individual members of the society. Values and norms, philosophically, are formed and institutionalized to cope up with the situations related to behavior and activities Contemporary Journal of Sociology/ Anthropology Volume 2 (2017) pp. 34-48 Published by Department of Sociology/ Anthropology Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal 34