Religion, Community and Development : Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India.
By making religious community a relevant category for discussing development deficit, the Sachar Committee Report (that was submitted to the Prime Minister of India in 2007) initiated a new political discourse in India. While the liberal secular framework privileged the individual over the community...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2011.
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Series: | Religion and citizenship.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Half Title; Religion and Citizenship; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Religion, Community and Development; 2. Political Communalisation of Religions and the Crisis of Secularism; 3. The Sachar Committee Report and Multiculturalism in India: Questions of Group Equality and the Public Sphere; 4. Hindutva's Discourse on Development; 5. Seva, Sangathanas and Gurus: Service and The Making of the Hindu Nation; 6. Development as Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective.
- 7. Indian Christians: Trajectories of Development8. Sikhs Today: Development, Disparity and Differences; 9. The Contemporary Muslim Situation in India: A Long-Term View; 10. Between Identity and Equity: An Agenda for Affirmative Action for Muslims; 11. Struggle for the Margin or from the Margin; 12. Literacy, Education and Gender Gap among Socio-Religious Communities; 13. Cultural Rights of Minorities During Constitution-Making: A Re-reading; 14. The Goan Muslim: Presence Through Invisibility; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index.