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Caste-based reservations and human development in India / K.S. Chalam.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chalam, K. S. (Kurmana Simha), 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorites--Employment--India.
- Minorites.
- Minorites--Education--India.
- Caste--India.
- Caste.
- Economic development--Social aspects.
- India.
- Economic development--Social aspects--India.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 210 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007.
- Summary:
- Caste-based reservations have existed in India for more than a century. Initially introduced by the British to bring equality of opportunity in education, reservation was later extended to other sectors of the development process to overcome the problem of economic inequalities attributed to caste. Even today, concepts like affirmative action and quotas are being debated to justify reservation. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of caste-based reservation on human development in India, taking into consideration the time series data. The book also analyzes the impact of caste-based reservations on the target groups, as well as on major human development indices. An alternative strategy of applying the democratic principle of caste-based reservation is also discussed.
- Contents:
- Introduction : present status of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes
- Caste and economic inequalities in India
- Social linkages of artisans with technology and development
- The socially and educationally backward castes vs economically-backward classes
- Untouchability and poverty among Dalits
- Caste reservations to remedy socio-economic inequalities
- Human development through caste reservations : a study
- Dalit development in Andhra Pradesh : a case study of the impact of reservations on development
- The alternative : replace caste-based reservation with democratic representation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780761935810
- 0761935819
- 9788178297422
- 8178297426
- OCLC:
- 81860312
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