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Caste, Class, and the Changing Political Representation of Social Inequalities in India, 1962–2019

ABHIJIT BANERJEE ; AMORY GETHIN ; THOMAS PIKETTY THOMAS PIKETTY ; AMORY GETHIN ; CLARA MARTÍNEZ-TOLEDANO

Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities, 2021, p.311

Harvard University Press

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  • Título:
    Caste, Class, and the Changing Political Representation of Social Inequalities in India, 1962–2019
  • Autor: ABHIJIT BANERJEE ; AMORY GETHIN ; THOMAS PIKETTY
  • THOMAS PIKETTY ; AMORY GETHIN ; CLARA MARTÍNEZ-TOLEDANO
  • É parte de: Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities, 2021, p.311
  • Descrição: What governs the choice of who to vote for in India? How has it changed over time? And to what extent has Indian democracy and its now 900 million voters succeeded in aggregating political conflicts associated with caste, class, religion, ethnolinguistic diversity, and rising inequality? To answer these questions, this chapter makes use of postelectoral surveys conducted from 1962 to 2016, covering both national elections and state elections.¹ In India, the political representation of inequality has largely been determined by the caste system. Caste has always been tightly linked to occupation and wealth, but it has never been the sole
  • Editor: Harvard University Press
  • Idioma: Inglês

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