01313cam a2200229 4500 6622 2016449314 9780199453375 Bajpai, Rochana, 1972- Debating difference : group rights and liberal democracy in India / Rochana Bajpai. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. xiv, 324 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Ethnic relations. India Ethnic relations. Minorities Civil rights India. 5572 5572 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10396 0 323.154 BAJ 30011259 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN