000			01313cam a2200229 4500
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010			_a 2016449314
020			_a9780199453375
100	1		_aBajpai, Rochana, _d1972- _e
245	1	0	_aDebating difference : _bgroup rights and liberal democracy in India / _cRochana Bajpai.
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiv, 324 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aOxford India paperbacks
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [296]-310) and index.
520			_aHow 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.
650			_aEthnic relations. _v _x _y _z _2
650		0	_aIndia _xEthnic relations.
650		0	_aMinorities _xCivil rights _zIndia.
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