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100 _aJha, Sheefali
245 _aRights versus representation: defending minority interests in the Constituent Assembly
260 _c2003
300 _ap.1579-583.
362 _a19 Apr
520 _aIn the name of democracy, the constituent assembly of India adopted certain specific individual and collective rights to religion. Democracy, however, is not just about rights; another integral component of democracy is representation. This essay argues that the granting of a range of individual and collective religious rights to the minorities was used, in the constituent assembly, to justify the refusal of their demand for more adequate mechanisms of representation, for instance, for proportional representation or for reserved seats in the legislatures. - Reproduced.
650 _aMinority groups
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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999 _c56152
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