Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged

ISBN-13: 9780415296809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str.

Laura Dudley-Jenkins; Laura Dudley Jenkins; Laura Jenkins Dudley

Opis

Do reservation policies reinforce the very categories they are meant to eradicate? In India, policies reserving 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 those distinctions. Yet the official identification of eligible groups has unintended side-effects on identity politics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. Identity and Identification Part One: State Simplifications 2. Adjudicating Identities 3. Official Anthropology 4. Caste Certificates and Lists 5. Categorizing and Counting in the Census Part Two: Political Complications 6. 'Backward' Muslims and 'Scheduled Caste' Christians 7. Hindu Nationalism and Selective Inclusion 8. Class, Classification and Creamy Layers 9. Women's Reservations and Representations 10. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Appendix Index

O autorze

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