Representing India: Ethnic Diversity and the Governance of Public Institutions

by N. Jayal

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349540594
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Series:	Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance
Edition description:	1st ed. 2006
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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).

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