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Equality and universality : essays in social and political theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Béteille, André
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Equality > India.
Social structure > India.
India > Social policy.
India > Social conditions > 1947-
Structure sociale > Inde.
Equality.
Social policy.
Social structure.
India.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Sociaal-economische verandering.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Equality and inequality
  • Class and status
  • Varna and jati
  • Caste in contemporary India
  • The public as a social category
  • Distributive justice and institutional well-being
  • The reproduction of inequality
  • The antinomies of equality
  • Hierarchical and competitive inequality
  • Equality and universality
  • Appendix I. Amartya Sen's utopia
  • Appendix II: equality and individual achievement.