The SHRUG is an open data platform describing multidimensional socioeconomic
development across 600,000 villages and towns in India. This paper presents three …

Um dos mais notáveis economistas do mundo reúne em obra sintética e acessível seus
principais argumentos sobre a marcha rumo à igualdade É fácil ser pessimista em relação à …

Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to
access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates …

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a
model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity. Historically, though …

India's urban slums exhibit dramatic variation in their access to local public goods and
services-paved roads, piped water, trash removal, sewers, and streetlights. Why are some …

Scholars of distributive politics often emphasize partisanship and clientelism. However, as
Jennifer Bussell demonstrates in Clients and Constituents, legislators in" patronage …

This book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political
institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples …

Can gender-based “enclaves” facilitate women's access to justice? I examine all-female
police stations in India and test whether group-specific institutions assist victims of gender …

Does political affirmative action undermine or promote development? We present the first
systematic analysis of Scheduled Areas in India, home to 100 million, where local political …

This book is a comprehensive introduction to Dalits in India from their origin to the present
day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative action in the Indian Constitution, Dalits …