Falling Over Backwards: An Essay Against Reservations And Against Judicial Populism - Couverture souple

Shourie, Arun

 
9789350293553: Falling Over Backwards: An Essay Against Reservations And Against Judicial Populism
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ISBN 10 : 9350293552 ISBN 13 : 9789350293553
Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers India, 2012

Synopsis

'Methodical research rarely lends itself to passionate writing. But in Falling Over Backwards, Arun Shourie seeks to combine facts, figures, statements and judgements with the argumentative rhetoric of a propagandist. The result is an eminently readable book'- The Hindu Reservations in jobs and education have always been a contentious issue. Ever since Prime Minister V.P. Singh unleashed the Mandal Commission report in 1989, the issue of reservations has been hotly debated across India's social and political spectrum. But have reservations really served the purpose they were intended for? In Falling Over Backwards, Arun Shourie, with characteristic attention to detail and meticulous research, points to 'the truth about reservations: that they are a sleight of hand of the politician'. He also takes apart pro-reservation judgements of the Supreme Court and, in the process, bares the larger danger they portend, the danger to the one dyke that has saved us thus far, the doctrine of the Basic Structure itself. Tracing the history of reservations from the Constituent Assembly debates to the latest judgements, Falling Over Backwards is a stinging rejoinder to those who advocate reservations as the panacea for all the ills that plague the nation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Scholar, author, former editor and minister, Arun Shourie is one of the most prominent voices in our country's public life and discourse. He has written over twenty-five bestselling books.

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Éditeur
HarperCollins Publishers India
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9350293552
ISBN 13 
9789350293553
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
524
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