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

Chauchard, Simon

ISBN 10: 1107125928 / ISBN 13: 9781107125926

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Titolo: Why Representation Matters: The Meaning of ...

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2017

Legatura: hardcover

Condizione: Good

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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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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.