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DEBATING DIFFERENCE |
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DEBATING DIFFERENCE |
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| Author Name: |
ROCHANA BAJPAI |
| Publisher Name: |
OUP |
| ISBN: |
9780198067504 |
| Edition: |
HARDBACK |
| Language: |
ENGLISH |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Publication Date: |
MARCH 2011 |
| Price: |
 745.00 |
| List Price: |
660.00 |
| You Save: |
85 |
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Yes |
| Shipping Time: |
7 - 10 DAYS |
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| About Book |
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.
India offers a unique case of group-differentiated rights. Using landmark constitutional and legislative debates on minority rights and quotas,
Rochana Bajpai develops a model for interpreting post-Independence group rights that hinges on the interplay between fi ve principal normative
concepts—secularism, democracy, social justice, national unity, and development. Tracing the shifting meanings of these values over time,
this book demonstrates that liberal and democratic concepts are more sophisticated and widely shared in the Indian polity than is commonly
believed.
The author identifi es the limits of Western-centric accounts of multiculturalism. She also establishes the signifi cance of political rhetoric for
explanations of policy shifts and political change |
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