Debating difference : group rights and liberal democracy in India Debating difference Bajpai, Rochana 1972- creator author. text Electronic books. ii New Delhi Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xiv, 324 p.) This book presents a systematic account of the structure of public reasoning over group rights in India. It critiques both liberal and post-colonial narratives and constructs a framework that combines their insights for an empirical study of the norms of group rights in the country. The moment of containment : the Constituent Assembly debates, 1946-9. Minority rights in colonial India and the Constituent Assembly : a historical background ; Nationalist discourse and group rights : a conceptual approach ; From minority to backward : the nationalist resolution of the 'minorities question' -- The moment of crisis : preferential policies, 1986, 1990. Secularism and Muslim personal law : the Shah Bano case, 1986 ; Social justice and quotas in government jobs for other backward classes : the Mandal debate, 1990. Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. a-ii--- Minorities Civil rights India Multiculturalism India Democracy India Nationalism India India Ethnic relations Minorités Droits Inde Multiculturalisme Inde Nationalism Multiculturalism Ethnic relations Democracy Liberalism Minorities Civil rights Politics and government India Minderheitenrecht Indien Government - Non-U.S Law, Politics & Government Government - Asia Since 1947 fast JQ220.M5 B35 2011 323.154 LB 31900 9780199080410 0199080410 9780198067504 019806750X 9780199088232 0199088233 99944137614 2011323054 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/33073 HS0 160829 20260319182521.8 in00005718825 eng