Simon Chauchard

Why Representation Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how political quotas mandating inclusion of marginalized groups socially impact the intergroup relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781107565807
• ISBN-10: 1107565804
• Artikelnr.: 55075604

Autorenporträt

Simon Chauchard is an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, where he is a faculty affiliate in the Asia and Middle Eastern Studies program. Recent works have appeared in Political Opinion Quarterly, the American Political Science Review and Comparative Political Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Note on terminology
1. Political representation and intergroup relations
2. Untouchability in rural India: persistence and evolution
3. Local representation in rural India: a view from the ground
4. Theory: the impact of descriptive representation
5. Quantitative methodology
6. The material and tangible effects of descriptive representation
7. The cognitive impact of descriptive representation
8. The effects of descriptive representation on interpersonal relations
9. Descriptive representation and intergroup relations in comparative perspective
Appendix A. Methodical note on field research
Appendix B. The pair-matches
Appendix C. Additional balance tests
Appendix D. Did members of the scheduled castes self-select into reserved villages?
Bibliography
Index.