Politics of Inclusion: Castes, Minorities, and Affirmative Action

LIST OF TABLES PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. Introduction 2. Constituent Assembly Debates, Minority Rights, and Caste Reservations 3. Policies and Institutional Frameworks for Protecting the Disadvantaged 4. Caste, Social Backwardness, and OBC Quotas (1990 and 2006) 5. Muslim Backwardness and the Elusive Promise of Affirmative Action 6. Can a Dalit Christian or Muslim be a Scheduled Caste? 7. Representation and Underrepresentation in Legislatures 8. Re-imagining Affirmative Action APPENDIX NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX