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Identity and Partisan Politics in Contemporary India
Sat, September 7, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Salon GSession Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
This session brings together various methodologies in a series of papers exploring identity and partisan politics in India. Papers explore: the impact of party systems on ethnic group welfare, the reasons why poor citizens fail at accessing core urban services, the circumstances under which stable partisan voting is more likely, the appeal of right-wing populists, and whether large, one-time wealth transfers can mitigate caste inequalities.
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Individual Presentations
Caste-Based Reparations in the Real World? Evidence from a Natural Experiment - Gautam Nair, Harvard University; Akshay Dixit, Harvard University
Getting on the Grid: The Politics of Public Service Formalization in Urban India - Nikhar Gaikwad, Columbia University; Anjali Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology
Loyal Partisans but Disloyal Voters? Partisan Attachment & Vote Choice in India - Ankita Barthwal, University of Oslo; Francesca R. Jensenius, University of Oslo
Status and Populism - Ritika Goel, University of California, Berkeley
The Impact of Party Systems on Marginalized Ethnic Group Welfare - Madhavi Devasher, University of New Hampshire