Why Representation Matters : The Meaning of Ethnic Quotas in Rural India

Name: Why Representation Matters
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107565807
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ISBN: 9781107565807

by Simon Chauchard

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1107565804

ISBN-13 9781107565807

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 17th, 2019

Print length 310 Pages

Weight 468 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 22.80 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Rural communities / rural life Rural communities

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Supporters of political quotas for members of marginalized groups often argue that they can improve the nature of intergroup relations. Drawing on a careful multi-method exploration of quotas for the 'untouchable' castes in India, this book shows that these measures contribute to improving common interpersonal interactions.

When members of groups that have long been marginalized finally gain access to political offices, it is expected that the social meaning of belonging to such a group will change and that these psychological changes will have far-reaching behavioral consequences. Supporters of political quotas granting such access often argue that they improve the nature of intergroup relations. However, these presumed psychological effects have remained surprisingly uncharted and untested. Do policies mandating the inclusion of excluded groups in political offices change the intergroup relations? If so, in what ways? By drawing on careful multi-method explorations of a single case - local-level electoral quotas for members of formerly 'untouchable' castes in India - this book provides nuanced, thorough and ultimately optimistic responses to these questions.

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