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Book Chapter
“Reservations” in India
2015,2014
Overview
Of the plethora of social engineering programs launched by independent India to reform its essentially unequal and hierarchical social structure into a sovereign socialist secular democratic
republic, and to secure to all its citizens social, economic, and political justice,‡ reservations are the most important. This expression
has a very unique connotation in that some legislative districts and
certain quota of positions in public service are set aside for designated sectors of the population. One Western writer, Marc Galanter,
produced a seminal study on this subject. But that being only an
exhaustive legal interpretation, he himself conceded that were hewriting now, he would “undoubtedly pay more attention to politics
and administration.”* This chapter attempts to do that by drawing a
panoramic picture of this complex issue under the following headings: (1) the Indian social milieu, (2) reservations in legislatures, (3)
reservations in public service, (4) politics of preference, and an (5)
assessment and concluding remarks.
Publisher
Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group
Subject
ISBN
1466503890, 9781466503892
