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Jenkins, Laura Dudley Dudley

 
9780415560627: Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged
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ISBN 10: 0415560624 ISBN 13: 9780415560627
Editorial: Routledge, 2009

Sinopsis

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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Laura Dudley Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati, USA.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415560624
ISBN 13 
9780415560627
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
276
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