Gender, class, and caste schisms in affirmative action policies: The curious case of India's women's reservation bill

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-190

  Narasimhan, Sakuntala ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Reservations in parliament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036663612     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210161004     Document Type: Article

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