Ranked Ethnicity, Inequality, and Ethnic Party Performance in India

• In Event: Ethnic and Religious Politics in India

Brief Overview

We show that within group inequality boosts the chances of elite ethnic group parties while decreasing the chances of non-elite ethnic group parties. We also show that high between group inequality is beneficial to both types of ethnic group parties.

Authors

• Neeraj Prasad, O.P. Jindal Global University

• H. Zeynep Bulutgil, University College London