N. Jayal

Representing India (eBook, PDF)

Ethnic Diversity and the Governance of Public Institutions

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a study of how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions in India, and how politics manages ethnic inequalities. New data on representational patterns in parliament cover the diversity of caste, tribe and religion. Material disadvantage is central to ethnic and cultural inequality as social and economic inequalities overlap.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 239
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230626362
• Artikelnr.: 38172923

Autorenporträt

NIRAJA GOPAL JAYAL is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her books include Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in Contemporary India (1999), Drought, Policy and Politics in India (1993) and Democracy in India (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface; N.G.Jayal Preface; T.Mkandawire Acknowledgements Representing India: Democracy and Diversity Mapping Diversity in India Managing Diversity: Institutions, Policies and Politics Promoting Diversity and Protecting the Vulnerable Negotiating Diversity: Parties and the Electoral System Representing Diversity in the Institutions of Governance Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index