Minority Rights

Edited by V.K. Garg

Published by Alfa Pub, 2011

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Contents Preface 1 Introduction to minority 2 Model minority 3 Ethnicity and race 4 Majority 5 Reservation in minority 6 The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 7 Minority rights and social stratification 8 The Wakf Act 1995 9 National Commission for Minorities Act 1995 10 The scheduled castes and The Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 11 Extract form the constitution of India IndexA minority is a sociological group that does not constitute a political dominant voting majority of the total population of a given society A sociological minority is not necessarily a numerical minority it may include any group that is subnormal with respect to a dominant group in terms of social status education employment wealth and political power To avoid confusion some writers prefer the terms ?subordinate group? and ?dominant group? rather than ?minority? and ?majority? respectivelyThe term Minority Rights embodies two separate concepts first normal individual rights as applied to members of racial ethnic class religious linguistic or sexual minorities and second collective rights accorded to minority groups The term may also apply simply to individual rights of anyone who is not part of a majority decision 284 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Minority Rights
• Publisher: Alfa Pub
• Publication Date: 2011