Politics of representation : historically disadvantaged groups in India's democracy /: historically disadvantaged groups in India's democracy. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sudha Pai, Sukhdeo Thorat.
• Editors: Pai, Sudha, 1950-; Thorat, Sukhadeo
• Contents: Introduction:- I Politics of Representation: Historically Disadvantaged Groups in India's Democracy.- Chapter 1:- Beyond Representation.- Chapter 2:- Political Representation and Reservations for Inclusion of Minorities.- Chapter 3:- Paradoxes of Political Inclusion: Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribes in India.- II Political Representation in Institutions and Parties.- Chapter 4;- Ambedkar's Proposal to Safeguard Minorities against Communal Majority in Democracy.- Chapter 5:- Which Electoral System Ensures Real Representation.- Chapter 6:- Scheduled Caste Members of Parliament: Analyzing their Role in Influencing Policy Making.- III Political Representation of Religious Minorities.- Chapter 7:-Majoritarianism and the Political Representation of India's Muslims.- Chapter 8:- Representing Indian Muslims: Parliamentary Questions as Instrument of Evaluating Substantive Representation in Lok Sabha 1999-2016.- Chapter 9;- Shifting Terrain of Muslim Representation: New Political Experiments in Indian States in the 2000s.- IV. Political Representation of Women.- Chapter 10;- Legislative Presence and Substantive Representation: The Case of Women Legislators in India.- Chapter 11;- Democratic Institutions, Political Representation and Women's empowerment: The Quota Debate in India.- Chapter 12;- Does Representation Guarantee Recognition and Resources? Women in Indian Parliament.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305; Minorities -- India -- Social conditions; Representative government and representation -- India; India -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811915444
• Related ISBNs: 9789811915437
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