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Identity and Identification in India - Defining the Disadvantaged (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,485
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Identity and Identification in India - Defining the Disadvantaged (Hardcover): Laura Dudley Jenkins

Identity and Identification in India - Defining the Disadvantaged (Hardcover)

Laura Dudley Jenkins

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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.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2002
First published: 2003
Authors: Laura Dudley Jenkins
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-29680-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-415-29680-3
Barcode: 9780415296809

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