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Why preferential policies can be fair
— achieving equality for members of disadvantaged groups | | Author(s) | Omar Khan |
| Corporate Author | Runnymede Trust |
| Publisher | Runnymede Trust, London, 2006 |
| Pages | 20 pp (Runnymede perspectives) |
| Source | The Runnymede Trust, 7 Plough Yard, London EC2A 3LP. www.runnymedetrust.org |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Rights [elderly] ; Social policy ; Comparison ; India ; International. |
| Annotation | The term "preferential policies" is used in this paper to capture a wide range of policies that aim to remove group-based disadvantage, by providing special treatment or benefits to individual members of specified groups. However, criticism of preferential policies are widespread. Much of the confusion stems from a confusion about why preferential policies can be justifiable in principle, whatever their consequences in practice. Therefore, this paper is careful to distinguish between three different justifications of preferential policies, based both on theoretical disputes about the meaning of justice, and on the words and actions of political actors in India. These are termed communitarian, compensatory and democratic distributive. In discussing how each approach has been canvassed and implemented, comparisons are made with Western societies in which preferential policies have either operated or been proposed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061116003 B |
| Classmark | TK: IKR: TM2: 48: 7FA: 72 |
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