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: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2011
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| Series: | Religion and citizenship.
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| Summary: | 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 and was more inclined to use the category of class rather than the identity of religion, the Sachar Committee differentiated citizens on the basis of their religious identity. Its conclusions reinforced the necessity of approaching issues of development through the optic of religious community. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (571 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780203814079 020381407X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
