Non-discrimination and equality in India : contesting boundaries of social justice / Vidhu Verma.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 52.الناشر:London ; New York : Routledge, 2012وصف:xv, 269 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415677752 (hbk)
- 0415677750 (hbk)
- 9780203149669
- 0203149661
- HN683.5 V46 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The context of social justice in modern India -- The limits of liberal constitutionalism -- Equality and non-discrimination -- Expanding domains: democracy and social justice -- Higher education at crossroads -- Reservations in private sector -- Gender justice and quotas -- De-clustering disadvantage: the case of religious minorities -- Conclusion.
Social Justice is a concept familiar to most Indians but one whose meaning is not always understood as it signifies a variety of government strategies designed to enhance opportunities for underprivileged groups. By tracing the trajectory of social justice from the colonial period to the present, this book examines how it informs ideas, practices and debates on discrimination and disadvantage today. After outlining the historical context for reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes that began under British colonial rule, the book examines the legal and moral strands of demands raised by newer groups since 1990. In addition the book shows how the development of quota policies has been significantly influenced by the nature and operation of democracy in India. It describes the recent proliferation of quota demands for reservations in higher education, private sector and for women and religious minorities in legislative assemblies. The book goes on to argue that while proliferation of demands address unequal incidence of poverty, deprivation and inequalities across social groups and communities, care has to be taken to ensure that existing justifications for quotas for discriminated groups due to caste hierarchies are not undermined. Providing a rich historical background to the subject, the book is a useful contribution to the study on the evolution of multiple conceptions of social justice in contemporary India.