Dominant or backward?: Political economy of demand for quotas by Jats, Patels, and Marathas

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 81-90

  Deshpande, Ashwini ^a   Ramachandran, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 85019225481     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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