Authored by Ebony Bertorelli, Patrick Heller, Siddharth Swaminathan, and Ashutosh Varshney, this paper focuses on examining urban citizenship quality by drawing from extensive household survey data conducted in Bengaluru. The study tackles prevailing theories that link the depth of democracy to the caliber and effectiveness of citizenship. To assess citizenship quality, the researchers construct an index and subsequently investigate the extent to which citizenship status influences the quality of services and infrastructure accessible to households.

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