TY - BOOK AU - Hasan,Zoya TI - Politics of inclusion: castes, minorities, and affirmative action SN - 0195696956 U1 - 323.154 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Dalits KW - India KW - Aspectos políticos KW - Política y gobierno KW - Mahometanos KW - Minorías KW - Tribus KW - Actividad política N1 - 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 N2 - Analyses the policies and debates surrounding the lower castes and minorities disadvantaged and exclusion in India UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009341051-t.html ER -