Francesca R. Jensenius
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Francesca R. Jensenius was a Research Professor (part time) at NUPI.
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Electoral Quotas as a Tool for Fighting Exclusion and Discrimination
Sectarianism and the politics of Shii ritual in contemporary Pakistan
This seminar focuses on popular piety among Pakistan’s Twelver Shii community, and on the politics of public ritual in relation to international reformist movements and mounting sectarianism in the country.
Development from representation? A study of quotas for the scheduled castes in India
This paper estimates the constituency-level development effects of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India, using a unique dataset of development indicators for more than 3,100 state assembly constituencies in 15 Indian states in 1971 and 2001. Matching constituencies on pretreatment variables from 1971, I find that 30 years of quotas had no detectable constituency-level effect on overall development or redistribution to SCs. Interviews with politicians and civil servants in 2010 and 2011 suggest that these findings can be explained by the power of political parties and the electoral incentives created by the quota system.
The Indian challenge: Diplomacy beyond Europe's order
Why does India seek to challenge and undermine Western orders?
Do Parties Matter at the Sub-district Level of Politics? Evidence from Tehsils in Andhra Pradesh