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Women and minorities in the Lok Sabha: Intersectionality in the Indian elections

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Francesca R. Jensenius
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Red.

Sammendrag:

It is well known that women are under-represented in India’s legislative assemblies. The historically marginalised Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), on the other hand, have reserved seats proportional to their share of the population that guarantee them a political presence. What does this mean for SC and ST women? Perhaps counter-intuitively, the answer is that there are more women candidates and winners in reserved seats than in general category seats.

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  • Asia

Skrevet av

Francesca R. Jensenius
Tidligere ansatt