Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India
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Product details:
- Edition number First Edition
- Publisher SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Date of Publication 1 January 2007
- ISBN 9780761935810
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages212 pages
- Size 215x139 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of caste-based reservation on human development in India, taking into consideration the time series data. Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India also analyzes the impact of caste-based reservations on the target groups, as well as on major human development indices. An alternative strategy of applying the democratic principle of caste-based reservation is also discussed.
MoreLong description:
Caste-based reservations have existed in India for more than a century. Initially introduced by the British to bring equality of opportunity in education, reservation was later extended to other sectors of the development process to overcome the problem of economic inequalities attributed to caste. Even today, concepts like affirmative action and quotas are being debated to justify reservation. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of caste-based reservation on human development in India, taking into consideration the time series data.
The book also analyses the impact of caste-based reservations on the target groups, as well as on major human development indices. An alternative strategy of applying the democratic principle of caste-based reservation is also discussed.
[The book] by noted Indian economist K.S. Chalam, Caste-based Reservations and Human Development in India, is worth a read. The title is self-explanatory. Where it is quite different from similar works is how it deals with the subject of caste. It does not pre-suppose that the caste system is either bad or good. It is not moralistic in terms of calling for a movement to abolish the system. Instead, it is a truthful present-mortem of how exactly the system thwarts development making the reader wonder at the end of the book whether or how economic progress has freed India from the shackles of caste
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Present Status of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
Caste and Economic Inequalities in India
Social Linkages of Artisans with Technology and Development
The Socially and Educationally Backward Castes vs Economically-backward Class
Untouchability and Poverty Among Dalits
Impact of Caste-based Reservations
Caste Reservations to Remedy Socio-economic Inequalities
Human Development Through Caste Reservations: A Study
Dalit Development in Andhra Pradesh: A Case Study of the Impact of Reservations on Development
The Alternative: Replace Caste-based Reservation with Democratic Representation
Bibliography
Index
