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Author Sharma, Arvind.

Title Reservation and affirmative action : models of social integration in India and the United States / Arvind Sharma.

Publication Info. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.
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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Contents Terms of discourse -- Religious discourse -- Moral discourse -- Ethical discourse -- Human rights discourse -- History and theory of affirmative action in India.
Summary This book examines the principles underlining the policies of reservation and affirmative action adopted by two non-homogeneous and multi-ethnic societies--India and the USA. Despite the fact that the governments of both countries have, for over fifty years now, applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste and race respectively, the author maintains that there is no comprehensive account of the grounds on which either reservations or affirmative action can be intellectually justified. Addressing the key question--What is being affirmed through affirmative action?--the author s.
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Subject Social integration -- Case studies.
Social integration.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Caste -- Government policy -- India.
Caste -- Government policy.
India.
Caste.
Affirmative action programs -- United States.
Affirmative action programs.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Case studies.
Electronic books -- Case studies.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Sharma, Arvind. Reservation and affirmative action. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005 9780761933809 (DLC) 2005008608 (OCoLC)58791253
ISBN 9788132103530 (electronic book)
813210353X (electronic book)

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