Reservation and Anti-Reservation : Importance Values Harmes and Remedies for Dalits
Contents: Preface. 1. Globalization and the Dalits. 2. Social exclusion and jobs reservation in India. 3. Dalits on the margins of development. 4. Caste discrimination against Dalits or so-called untouchables. 5. Ensure Dalits rights to work, to free choice of employment. 6. Communalism, caste and reservation. 7. Reservation for Dalits in private sector. 8. Cultural expressions of Dalits. 9. Empowerment of Dalits and Adivasis role of education in the emerging economy. 10. Reservation policy for backward classes in India. 11. Job reservation been effective: caste, religion and economic status in India. 12. The assumptions and the arithmetic of caste based reservation. 13. Development of scheduled castes in India. 14. Social evils related to caste discrimination and human rights concerns. 15. Action points for development of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. 16. Political marginalisation and empowerment of Dalits. 17. Reservation policy for backward classes in India. 18. Anti-reservation agitation. Bibliography. Index.
India was a country with highly rigid caste-based hierarchal structure, with ascending order of privileges and descending order of disabilities, which operated for about 3000 years. There was an overwhelming majority in the nation that was still backward - socially, economically, educationally, and politically. These victims of entrenched backwardness comprise the present scheduled castes scheduled tribes and other backward classes. Even though, these classes are generically the Backward Classes, the nature and magnitude of their backwardness are not the same. (jacket)
India was a country with highly rigid caste-based hierarchal structure, with ascending order of privileges and descending order of disabilities, which operated for about 3000 years. There was an overwhelming majority in the nation that was still backward - socially, economically, educationally, and politically. These victims of entrenched backwardness comprise the present scheduled castes scheduled tribes and other backward classes. Even though, these classes are generically the Backward Classes, the nature and magnitude of their backwardness are not the same. (jacket)
