Title Social justice through inclusion : the consequences of electoral quotas in India / Francesca R. Jensenius

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Modern South Asia Modern South Asia series. Contents Cover page; Half title page; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; 1 The Effects of Political Inclusion; 1.1 Disaggregating the effects of quotas; 1.2 The importance of institutions; 1.3 Empirical approach; 1.4 Overview; 2 From Representation to Integration; 2.1 Who are the Scheduled Castes?; 2.2 The history of electoral quotas in India; 2.3 Conclusions; 3 Whose Representative?; 3.1 Group representation; 3.2 The daily life of Indian MLAs; 3.3 Agents of their parties 3.4 Reservations and political parties3.5 Conclusions; 4 Quotas and Development; 4.1 SCs and development; 4.2 Redistributional effects of quotas; 4.3 Conclusions; 5 A New Political Elite; 5.1 Reservations and competitiveness; 5.2 Reservations and political experience; 5.3 Cabinet membership; 5.4 Conclusions; 6 Quotas and Political Participation; 6.1 Inclusion and electoral turnout; 6.2 Who stopped voting?; 6.3 Feeling represented; 6.4 Capacity to mobilize voters; 6.5 A lack of "glamour"; 6.6 Conclusions; 7 Status and Recognition; 7.1 The socioeconomic profile of MLAs 7.2 Relations with other elites7.3 Relations with voters; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 Chipping Away at the Caste Hierarchy; 8.1 A changing caste system; 8.2 SC quotas and changes in intergroup relations; 8.3 Exploring mechanisms; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Trade-Offs in Institutional Design; 9.1 Main findings; 9.2 An alternative quota system; 9.3 Concluding thoughts; Appendix A Data; A.1 The sample; A.2 Election data; A.3 Census of India data; A.4 Cabinet data; A.5 Education data; A.6 NES survey data from 1971 and 2004; A.7 Gujarat Survey; A.8 Uttar Pradesh Voter Survey; A.9 Interview material Appendix B Matching approachB. 1 Balance statistics for the matched pairs; Bibliography; Index Summary "Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice. But can such institutions change entrenched social norms? And what effects should we expect from differently designed policies? Francesca R. Jensenius' Social Justice through Inclusion is an empirically rich study of one of the most extensive electoral quota systems in the world: the reserved seats for the Scheduled Castes (SCs, the former "untouchables") in India's legislative assemblies. Combining evidence from quantitative datasets from the period 1969-2012, archival work, and in-depth interviews with politicians, civil servants, and voters across India, the book explores the long-term effects of electoral quotas for the political elite and the general population. It shows that the quota system has played an important role in reducing caste-based discrimination, particularly at the elite level. Interestingly, this is not because the system has led to more group representation - SC politicians working specifically for SC interests - but because it has made possible the creation and empowerment of a new SC elite who have gradually become integrated into mainstream politics. This is a study of India, but the findings and discussions have broader implications. Policies such as quotas are usually supported with arguments about various assumed positive long-term consequences. The nuanced discussions in this book shed light on how electoral quotas for SCs have shaped the incentives for politicians, parties, and voters, and indicate the trade-offs inherent in how such policies of group inclusion are designed."-- Provided by publisher "What are long-term effects of India's extensive electoral quota systems? This book's insightful discussions, backed by rich empirical data, show how the quotas have shaped incentives for politicians, parties, and voters, and indicate the trade-offs inherent in how such policies of group inclusion are designed"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Representative government and representation -- India Proportional representation -- India Dalits -- Political activity -- India Social justice -- India Caste -- Political aspects -- India Legislative bodies -- India Political participation -- India POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Caste -- Political aspects Dalits -- Political activity Legislative bodies Political participation Politics and government Proportional representation Representative government and representation Social justice India -- Politics and government -- 1947- India Genre/Form catalogs (documents) Catalogs. Catalogues. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190646622 0190646624 9780190646646 0190646640 9780190646646

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