Democracy, Difference and Social Justice Book

	Introduction	1
I	Difference as Discrimination
1	The State of Nature and Natural Rights	27
2	Social Contract and the General Will	40
3	The Rights of Man	53
4	The Declaration of Independence	65
5	Race and Equality	71
6	Against Racism	73
7	Papers on Women's Rights	89
8	Minority Cultures and the Nation-State	100
9	Multicultural Citizenship	104
II	Difference as Diversity
10	On Minority Representation	117
11	Consociational Democracy	128
12	On Civil Association	138
13	The Political Community: Universitas or Societas	150
14	The Politics of Cultural Diversity	159
15	The Principle of Plenitude	174
16	Cultural Diversity and Liberal Democracy	202
17	The Politics of Agonistic Respect	228
18	Crisis of Parliamentarism: The Incompatibility of Liberalism and Democracy	241
III	Democracy and Social Justice
19	Distributive Justice	255
20	Constitutional Liberty and the Concept of Justice	283
21	Liberalism and the Concept of Equality	310
IV	Social Justice Through Positive Discrimination
22	Discrimination and Morally Relevant Characteristics	327
23	Reverse Discrimination and Compensatory Justice	330
24	Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment	337
25	Reparations to Individuals or Groups	348
26	Awarding Positions by Competence	352
27	DeFunis v. Sweatt	360
28	A Case for Positive Discrimination	380
29	Why Should We Care About Group Inequality	389
30	Individual Rights against Group Rights	416
31	The Politics of Difference	434
V	Difference and Discrimination: The Indian Debate
32	Backwardness, Caste and the Question of Reservations	451
33	Distributive Justice and Institutional Well-Being	463
34	Reservations Policy Revisited	489
35	Recasting Reservations in the Language of Rights	509
App. I	Justifications of Colonization: Tocqueville on Algeria	527
App. II	The Justification of Equal Opportunity	547
App. III	The Indian Constitution and Provisions for Special Treatment	565
	Index	581