Debating difference :
Bajpai, Rochana, 1972-
Debating difference : group rights and liberal democracy in India / Rochana Bajpai. - xiv, 324 pages ; 22 cm - Oxford India paperbacks .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-310) and index.
How can inequalities between groups be addressed, while at the same time sustaining common citizenship? Debating Difference offers a new approach to this key question for liberal democracies, demonstrating that argument and debate is crucial for reconciling the demands of group equality and civic unity. Using constitutional and legislative debates on minority rights and quotas in Indian parliament, Rochana Bajpai develops a model for interpreting group rights aroundsecularism, democracy, social justice, national unity, and development.
9780199453375
2016449314
Ethnic relations.--------
India--Ethnic relations.
Minorities--Civil rights--India.
Debating difference : group rights and liberal democracy in India / Rochana Bajpai. - xiv, 324 pages ; 22 cm - Oxford India paperbacks .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-310) and index.
How can inequalities between groups be addressed, while at the same time sustaining common citizenship? Debating Difference offers a new approach to this key question for liberal democracies, demonstrating that argument and debate is crucial for reconciling the demands of group equality and civic unity. Using constitutional and legislative debates on minority rights and quotas in Indian parliament, Rochana Bajpai develops a model for interpreting group rights aroundsecularism, democracy, social justice, national unity, and development.
9780199453375
2016449314
Ethnic relations.--------
India--Ethnic relations.
Minorities--Civil rights--India.