Hasan, Zoya,

Politics of inclusion : castes, minorities, and affirmative action / Zoya Hasan. - xiv, 302 páginas : ilustraciones

Incluye bibliografía.

List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constituent Assembly Debates, Minority Rights, and Caste Reservations -- 3. Policies and Institutional Frameworks for Protecting the Disadvantaged -- 4. Caste, Social Backwardness, and OBC Quotas / 1990 and 2006 -- 5. Muslim Backwardness and the Elusive Promise of Affirmative Action -- 6. Can a Dalit Christian or Muslim be a Scheduled Caste? -- 7. Representation and Underrepresentation in Legislatures -- 8. Re-imagining Affirmative Action -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Analyses the policies and debates surrounding the lower castes and minorities disadvantaged and exclusion in India.

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Dalits--Aspectos políticos.--India
Dalits--Política y gobierno.--India
Mahometanos--Aspectos políticos.--India
Mahometanos--Política y gobierno.--India
Minorías.--Aspectos políticos.--India
Tribus.--Actividad política.--India
Tribus.--Política y gobierno.--India

323.154 / H344p 2009