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100			_aBeteille, Andre
245			_aEquality and universality
260			_c2001
300			_ap.3619-625
362			_a22 Sep
520			_aThe distinction between equality and universality is important theoretically as well as in matters of policy. With the example of education, the author shows the limits to which universality can be taken and beyond which inequalities are bound to come into play. Sometimes it serves the public interest or at least the interest of the most disadvantaged sections better if inequalities are allowed to increase instead of being artificially reduced. A strongly competitive system of higher education may be to the general social advantage rather than one that discourages competition on the ground that it encourages inequalities. - Reproduced
650			_aSocial inequality
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a50057
999			_c50057 _d50057