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The contribution of social activist and thinker B.R. Ambedkar in the development of inclusive policies during the British rule and its culmination into the reservation policy in the Constituent Assembly is immense. In this volume original documents, memorandums, and writings by Ambedkar are put together to highlight the process of development in these policies and his thinking. A comprehensive Introduction discusses both the historical context and the present controversy regarding reservations in a proper perspective. The paperback edition carries a new afterword which surveys the recent writings on the subject.
Contents
FOREWORD; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: 1919-55;; PART I: PROLOGUE TO THE PROBLEM OF INDIAN SOCIETY: SEEKING SOLUTION, 1919-29; INTRODUCTION;; PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: SEEKING POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, 1930-3: INTRODUCTION;; PART III: EXTENDING THE REPRESENTATION: EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION, 1934-46: INTRODUCTION;; PART IV: INDIA'S CONSTITUTION: SAFEGUARDS AGAINST SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION AND ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION, 1947-50: INTRODUCTION;