POLI 435 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Party System, Dalit
6 Dec 2016
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Inclusion + redistribution in india: caste inequality today. 12/08, 18:00: final exam prep sheet: Inclusion + redistribution: social exclusion, education, employment, anti-poverty policy. Social exclusion: sharp decline in urban areas. Variations in rural areas: + decline where dalits strong, south (exclusion greatest, reasons: Relative caste strength: > st. action. More in primary than (post)-secondary, elite education: causes: St. action relevant mainly in higher education. Dom. group resistance = greater for employment + higher education. Employment: minor mobility: mainly in lower bureaucracy; < in education, factors: st. action, elite resistance, dalit poli. strength, significance of public sector (in. +consequential, +resistance, -implemented (except pockets of peasant strength: welfare provision. Food/housing subsidies, sm. share of budget, benefits sm. share of poor + dalits. Caste inequalities today: persistent caste gap: Higher education, prestigious jobs: uncertain effects of: Final exam : long essay 1: assess. Valelly on voting r. extension in 1960s: rel. to mcadam (mobilization) + frymer (black relation > party sys. )
