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100			_aSomanathan, Rohini
245			_aAssumptions and arithmetic of caste-based reservations
260			_c2006
300			_ap.2436-438.
362			_a17 Jun
520			_aThere is reason to be cautious in the use of affirmative action policies to achieve equality in access to higher education. There appears to be considerable heterogeneity within the broad social groupings that are currently used and differences in the extent to which groups that were traditionally disadvantaged have managed to extract benefits from the state. Affirmative action policies that target broad social groups are not going to act as powerful tools of social justice - too many of the disadvantaged will be excluded in favour of the more privileged. - Reproduced.
650			_aBackward classes
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a69812
999			_c69812 _d69812