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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