Synopses & Reviews
This is a study of how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions in India, and of the politics and policy solutions devised to manage ethnic inequalities. With new data on representational patterns in parliament and cabinet, it provides an account of representation that encompasses the diversity of caste, tribe and religion. Emphasising the overlapping nature of social and economic inequalities in India, it seeks to place the issue of material disadvantage at the very heart of the debate on ethnic and cultural inequality.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
This book explores the diversity and patterns of representation in the governance of public institutions--specifically, parliament, cabinet and the bureaucracy--in India.
About the Author
NIRAJA GOPAL JAYAL is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Table of Contents
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