Debating difference
Rochana Bajpai
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Debating difference
Published
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
324
ISBN-13
9780198067504
ISBN-10
019806750X
Description
India is an outstanding example of multiculturalism, with wide-ranging policies of group preference dating back to the colonial period. Debating Difference presents the first systematic account of the structure of public reasoning over group rights primarily focusing on the landmark constitutional and legislative debates in the late 1940s and late 1980s. While the former saw a centralization of power, the latter marked a decentering of power in the Indian polity. Dr. Rochana Bajpai focuses, exclusively, on shifts in political discourses, even as she simultaneously illuminates the political events and junctures in which these are located. Through an analytical interpretation of the Constituent Assembly (1946-9), Shah Bano (1986), and Mandal (1990, 2006) debates, Debating Difference constructs a conceptual framework within which Indian arguments over group rights can be understood and evaluated. It argues that the interplay between five principal ideals--secularism, democracy, social justice, national unity, and development--has framed political debate in India.
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This edition of Debating difference has approximately 324 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Debating difference typically takes between 6h 45m and 4h 30m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 81,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Debating difference?
Debating difference was written by Rochana Bajpai.
When was Debating difference published?
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