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The Politics of Welfare and Governance in India - Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies By Jennifer Bussell. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 367 pp. ISBN: 9780190945404 (paper). - Social Justice through Inclusion: The Consequences of Electoral Quotas in India By Francesca R. Jensenius. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 217 pp. ISBN: 9780190646615 (paper). - Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India By Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 309 pp. ISBN: 978I316649008 (paper). - How Solidarity Works for Welfare: Subnationalism and Social Development in India By Prerna Singh. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 297 pp. 978I107070059 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Himanshu Jha
Himanshu Jha*
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Heidelberg University
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jha@uni-heidelberg.de
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 235 - 240
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