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Does Affirmative Action Work? Evaluating India's Quota System.

This paper examines two common critiques of ethnic quota policies in government hiring and education: that they do not benefit the target group, and that any benefits are unevenly distributed within the target group. It focuses on the effects of educational and hiring quotas for Other Backward Class...

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Published in:Comparative Political Studies Vol. 54; no. 9; pp. 1534 - 1565
Main Author: Lee, Alexander
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2021
Subjects:
India
Affirmative action programs
Education policy
Civil service
Caste
Caste discrimination
Social interaction
Social contact
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