Abstract
Over the past 20 years, much empirical work has examined the impact – on a variety of outcomes – of political reservations for members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India. In this chapter, we provide an overview of what we know about the effects of reservations in the Indian parliament, state legislatures, and local-level elected bodies, to date.
Do Scheduled Caste Reservations for Political Office Improve the Lives of Dalits?