Debating difference : group rights and liberal democracy in India / Rochana Bajpai.

By:

Bajpai, Rochana, 1972- []

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TextSeries: Oxford India paperbacksPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 324 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780199453375

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Summary: 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.

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	Main	RTC Library Main opac		Main TEST		323.154 BAJ					Available			30011259

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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.