TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensenius, Francesca R.
TI  - Social justice through inclusion: : the consequences of electoral quotas in India
SN  - 9780190884994
U1  - 323.3294 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Dalits
KW  - Political activity
KW  - India
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Caste--Political aspects
KW  - Politics and Government
N1  - Includes Bibliography and Index
N2  - 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
ER  -