TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bajpai,Rochana
TI  - Debating difference: group rights and liberal democracy in India 
T2  - Oxford India paperbacks
SN  - 9780199453375
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - India
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Civil rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-310) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -