Political Economy of Identity Formation: Theory and Evidence from India

Bhattacharya, Sourav; Mukherjee, Anirban; Paul, Soham Kumar

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3780674

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“…In the Indian context, there are not much empirical studies that link trade with the rise of identity politics. In one such paper that we have come across Bhattacharya et al (2019) provides a theory explaining the rise of identity politics in response to an economic shock. They link the rise of caste politics in India with trade liberalization and show that the vote share of caste based parties increase in the districts which are more exposed to trade liberalization.…”

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Workplace segregation and electoral success of right wing identity politics in India

Mukherjee¹,

Paul²

2022

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In this paper we examine the role of social segregation on the electoral success of the right wing, Hindu nationalist platform in Indian politics. Existing studies have looked at the effect of social segregation on Hindu-Muslim riots and their findings indicate both possibilities; while some studies found segregated societies are more riot prone, some other studies found the opposite. We, using a state level panel data, examine the effect of Hindu-Muslim segregation at the workplace on the vote share for the right wing political party (Bharatiya Janata Party) . We find that workplace segregation in general is positively associated with the right wing vote share. But as proportion of Muslim population increases in a state, the relationship gets reversed.

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