Politics of South Asia / Politics of South Asia

Franziska Roscher, Georgia Institute of Technology

The Politics of Credibility: Women, Violence, and Local Institutions in India - Surili Sheth, University of California-Berkeley

State Categorization and the Boundaries of Identity: The Case of India’s Transgender Identification Scheme - Siddhartha Baral, University of California-San Diego

Who Becomes a Local Politician? Evidence from Rural India - Apurva Bamezai, University of Pennsylvania; Siddharth Eapen George, National University of Singapore; M. R. Sharan, University of Maryland; Borui Sun, University of Maryland-College Park

Inclusive Reforms as Levers for Social Exclusion: The Paradoxical Consequences of Quotas for Women in Rural India - Alyssa René Heinze, University of California-Berkeley; Rachel Esther Brule, Boston University; Simon Chauchard, Leiden University

Downstream Effects of Women's Representation: Evidence from India's Political Quotas - Meghna Yadav, New York University

Rashi Sabherwal, University of Pennsylvania

Varun Karekurve Ramachandra, University of Southern California