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Reservation
Working Paper
Other Backward Classes and the politics of reservations in India: Past and present

The paper examines the existing state of reservations, more specifically, reservation policies and reservations for government jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India...

Reservation Caste Class
Working Paper
The legal basis for affirmative action in India

The affirmative action policy in India came into practice because of the generations of struggle undergone by the untouchable castes and other backward classes, who were historically excluded from education and administration...

Affirmative action Reservation India
Working Paper
Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India

We provide a theory of political clientelism, which explains sources and determinants of political clientelism, the relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective consequences for allocation of public services, welfare, and ...

Local government Corruption Political science
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