Rethinking Reservations: The Unintended Consequences of Rotating Quotas in Panchayati Raj
Ramya Parthasarathy
February 15, 2016
In this issue of India in Transition, Ramya Parthasarathy, doctoral candidate, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, and research partner, Social Observatory, argues that policy-makers need to rethink how reservations policies are designed.
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"Manipur in the Heart of Darkness: Unlayering Decades of Insurgency & Counterinsurgency"
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