The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class

The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class

This article provides a new perspective on parliamentary representation in South Asia, focusing on the collective under-representation of population majorities based on the macro-demographic categories of age, class, and gender. Situating this analysis within debates on descriptive representation, i...

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Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
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parliament
representation
South Asia
women
working class
youth
Asian Studies
Political Science
Politics and Social Change
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-31872016-04-13T08:54:05Z The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class JOSHI, Devin K. This article provides a new perspective on parliamentary representation in South Asia, focusing on the collective under-representation of population majorities based on the macro-demographic categories of age, class, and gender. Situating this analysis within debates on descriptive representation, it presents the first comparative analysis of the contemporary demographic characteristics of members of parliament (MPs) in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Highlighting three major gaps in parliamentary representation, it finds quotas, proportional representation electoral systems, and leftist parties to have positively impacted the descriptive representation of South Asian women, the working class, and young adults. 2015-04-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1930 info:doi/10.1177/0021909614521414 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University parliament representation South Asia women working class youth Asian Studies Political Science Politics and Social Change
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topic parliament
representation
South Asia
women
working class
youth
Asian Studies
Political Science
Politics and Social Change
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representation
South Asia
women
working class
youth
Asian Studies
Political Science
Politics and Social Change
JOSHI, Devin K.
The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
description This article provides a new perspective on parliamentary representation in South Asia, focusing on the collective under-representation of population majorities based on the macro-demographic categories of age, class, and gender. Situating this analysis within debates on descriptive representation, it presents the first comparative analysis of the contemporary demographic characteristics of members of parliament (MPs) in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Highlighting three major gaps in parliamentary representation, it finds quotas, proportional representation electoral systems, and leftist parties to have positively impacted the descriptive representation of South Asian women, the working class, and young adults.
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author JOSHI, Devin K.
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title The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
title_short The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
title_full The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
title_fullStr The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
title_full_unstemmed The Inclusion of Excluded Majorities in South Asian Parliaments: Women, Youth, and the Working Class
title_sort inclusion of excluded majorities in south asian parliaments: women, youth, and the working class
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2015
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