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In India, descriptive representation has been considered as one of the most suitable instruments to uplift historically disadvantage groups, such as the Scheduled Castes and Tribes.
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Fakhruz-Zaman, Imtiyaz, A. (2022). Representing Indian Muslims: Parliamentary Questions as Instrument of Evaluating Substantive Representation in the Lok Sabha, 1999–2016. In: Pai, S., Thorat, S. (eds) Politics of Representation. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1544-4_8
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