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affirmative action India
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Backward Classes
Caste Certificates
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census classification India
Central Government Jobs
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Dalit Christians
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Hindu Nationalist
Hindu Nationalist Politicians
India Act
Indra Sawhney
Intercaste Marriage
Legislative Reservations
Mandal Commission Report
minority group recognition
Muslim Reservations
National Backward Classes Commission
OBC Reservation
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Panchayati Raj
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reservation
Reservation Categories
Reserved Seats
Round Table
Round Table Conference
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Scheduled Castes
social stratification
state classification impact on identity
Syed Shahabuddin
Tamil Nadu
tribes
Women's Reservation Bill
Women's Reservations
Women’s Reservation Bill
Women’s Reservations
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- ISBN 9780415560627
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Can a state empower its citizens by classifying them? Or do reservation policies reinforce the very categories they are meant to eradicate? Indian reservation policies on government jobs, legislative seats and university admissions for disadvantaged groups, like affirmative action policies elsewhere, are based on the premise that recognizing group distinctions in society is necessary to subvert these distinctions. Yet the official identification of eligible groups has unintended side-effects on identity politics. Bridging theories which emphasize the fluidity of identities and those which highlight the utility of group-based mobilizations and policies, this book exposes didactic enforcement of categorizations, while recognizing the social and political gains facilitated by group-based strategies.
Laura Dudley Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati, USA.
