Reservations in doubt: The backlash against affirmative action in Gujarat, India
In: Pacific affairs, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 408-430
Abstract
During 1985 a bitter conflict erupted in India over the "reservation" system, which allocates quotes of educational and government employment positions to the Schedule castes, Scheduled tribes and other backward classes. In Gujarat the Congress Government attempted to legislate an increase in backward class reservations after winning a strong mandate to do so in the state elections. The author describes the political upheavels in Gujarat following the government's legislation attempts and discusses the dilemmas facing those who seek to establish an all-India reservation policy. (DÜI-Sen)
Themen
Politischer Konflikt, Innenpolitik, Kaste, Stamm, Sozioökonomischer Wandel, Paria, Ethnische Gruppe, Minderheitenpolitik, Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Bildungspolitik, Chancengleichheit, Bildung, Beschäftigung, Indien, Gujarat, Innenpolitischer Konflikt, Indian National Congress, Kastensystem, Sozialstruktur, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Bildungschancen
Sprachen
Englisch
ISSN: 0030-851X
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