Do Democratic Reforms Undermine Dominance?

• In Event: Political Economy of Democracy

Brief Overview

We examine whether and how democratic reforms undermine the dominance of traditional elites in India, by matching two censuses covering more than 30 million citizens and 13 states with data on politicians and efforts at deepening democracy.

Authors

• Rikhil Ranjit Bhavnani, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Stanford University