Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India

✍ Scribed by K S Chalam

• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Caste and Economic Inequalities in India......Page 26
Social Linkages of Artisans with Technology and Development......Page 36
The Socially and Educationally Backward Castes vs Economically-backward Classes......Page 43
Untouchability and Poverty Among Dalits......Page 76
Caste Reservations to Remedy Socio-economic Inequalities......Page 94
Human Development Through Caste Reservations......Page 123
Dalit Development in Andhra Pradesh......Page 147
The Alternative......Page 169
Glossary......Page 183
Bibliography......Page 188
Index......Page 200
About the Author......Page 212