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We-ness and Welfare: A Longitudinal Analysis of Social Development in Kerala, India
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that ethnic diversity negatively influences public goods provision through a longitudinal study of the Indian state of Kerala, which has attained exceptional levels of social development despite high fragmentation along religious and caste lines. This pa...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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World Development
2011
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005849.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that ethnic diversity negatively influences
public goods provision through a longitudinal study of the Indian state of Kerala, which has attained
exceptional levels of social development despite high fragmentation along religious and caste lines.
This paper argues that it is not objective diversity but a subjective sense of ‘we-ness’, which is the
key determinant of the level of public goods provision and social development. A historical analysis
of Kerala illustrates how a cohesive subnational community generates progressive social policy as
well as societal monitoring of schools and clinics, which together give rise to high levels of education
and health. |
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| Physical Description: | Pages 282–293 Volume 39, Issue 2, February 2011 |