Caste, 'Cleanliness' and Cash: Effects of Caste-Based Political Reservations in Rajasthan on a Sanitation Prize

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1592-1606

  Lamba, Sneha ^a   Spears, Dean ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; SANITATION; VILLAGE;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84889097256     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.828835     Document Type: Article

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