Inclusive Reforms as Levers for Social Exclusion: The Paradoxical Consequences of Quotas for Women in Rural India

• In Event: Localizing Gender and Minority Politics in India

Brief Overview

Inegalitarian effects of egalitarian reforms can be by design. Reform-writers design radical policies on paper while maintaining their hold on power through less publicized features of reforms. We illustrate this with Indian gender quotas.

Authors

• Alyssa René Heinze, University of California-Berkeley

• Rachel Esther Brule, Boston University

• Simon Chauchard, Leiden University