Traditional hierarchies and affirmative action in a globalizing economy: Evidence from India

Deshpande, Ashwini; Ramachandran, Rajesh

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.02.006

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“…As can be clearly seen from the table, SCs are much less likely to vote for the BJP. Given that, although not perfectly, caste and class tend to overlap (Deshpande & Ramachandran, 2019), this seems to reinforce the argument that class was in fact an important element in determining the BJP’s support. However, the STs figures somewhat challenge this picture, given that the STs are among the most deprived sections of India’s society.…”

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confidence: 58%

The 2019 Indian Elections and the Ruralization of the BJP

Maiorano

2019

Studies in Indian Politics

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The Indian general elections occurred amid a widespread and severe agricultural crisis. Many analysts thought that this could have a substantial impact on the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prospects to remain in office. This article, using post poll data, analyses the voting behaviour of two key sections of the electorate, the rural poor and the farmers. It shows that the BJP drew substantial support from both categories, across caste and class. Far from being a party of the urban upper classes and castes, the results of the 2019 elections mark the culmination of a decades-long process of ruralization and ‘proletarianization’ of the party.

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Section: Voting In Rural Indiamentioning

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The 2019 Indian Elections and the Ruralization of the BJP

Maiorano

2019

Studies in Indian Politics

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“…Affirmative action is also targeted towards an intermediate group of castes and communities called "Other Backward Classes" or OBCs, which are groups that might be socially low-ranked, but are far more heterogeneous in terms of assets, especially land ownership. See Deshpande and Ramachandran (2019) for the latest evidence on the relative positions of these groups.…”

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“…These groups are at the bottom of the socio-economic hierarchy, especially so in rural India (Mosse, 2018;Deshpande and Ramachandran, 2019), subjected to deep stigmatisation, marginalisation and discrimination. Thus, the fact that SHG membership translates into greater personal efficacy and stronger propensity to collective action for these women, compared to women higher in the caste hierarchy, indicates that being a part of this savings group imparts greater agency to those whose voices are either less heard or actively silenced.…”

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Can weak ties create social capital? Evidence from Self-Help Groups in rural India

Deshpande

Khanna

2021

World Development

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The "strength of weak ties" has been established in the context of labour market outcomes, with theoretical and empirical investigation showing how weak ties lead to an increase in mobility and job opportunities. The impact of weak ties on community organisation is less well understood. We contribute to this literature by investigating if weak ties, generated via membership of livelihood programmes, can lead to the creation or enhancement of social capital. Based on data from one of the largest independent primary surveys for India, we find that participation in self-help groups had little impact on livelihoods, but led to the creation of significant social capital, as measured by indicators related to personal efficacy and collective action. The bulk of existing evidence on livelihood programmes is based on small samples. Our large sample size and innovative survey design allow us to detect a larger number of effects with greater certainty. We argue that the social capital generated by the programme is a significant positive impact (even though the main target of the programme is to strengthen livelihoods), as it strengthens the process of women's empowerment.

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“…'Scheduled caste' members belong to caste groups that are economically disadvantaged and which have therefore received reservation status. However, their social status tends to remain low (Deshpande and Ramachandran 2019).…”

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Democratic virtues and educational institutions in India – black swans in conflict-ridden Jammu and Kashmir

Widmalm

2019

Journal of Peace Education

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What goes on within educational institutions can be pivotal for whether and how democracy and political tolerance are nurtured, and peaceful relations between groups encouraged. Several studies oriented to the content of curricula have shown that education in India must be reformed if it is to promote inter-ethnic peace, political tolerance and democracy. The focus of this study, however, is more on the praxis of educationhow it is conducted, in what kind of institutional setting it takes place, and what the implications are for interethnic peace. This unique case study of Jammu and Kashmir in India provides unexpected insights into how democratic norms can be promoted in disadvantageous contexts, where open violent conflict prevails and politically intolerant attitudes might normally be expected to result. The findings of this study have important implications for educational reform. First, the authoritarian approach to teaching currently employed in India's system of primary education needs to be replaced by more modern methods, and corporal punishment must be abolished. Second, the praxis found in at least some of the country's institutions of higher learning should be encouraged, due to the role it plays in bridging ethno-religious divides and breaking path-dependent trajectories towards political intolerance.

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Traditional hierarchies and affirmative action in a globalizing economy: Evidence from India

Cited by 32 publications

References 18 publications

The 2019 Indian Elections and the Ruralization of the BJP

The 2019 Indian Elections and the Ruralization of the BJP

Can weak ties create social capital? Evidence from Self-Help Groups in rural India

Democratic virtues and educational institutions in India – black swans in conflict-ridden Jammu and Kashmir

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