ISBN:
9781108869287
,
9781108835824
,
9781108798846
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxi, 372 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in gender and politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.40954
Keywords:
Women's rights
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women Economic conditions
;
Representative government and representation
;
Equality
;
Democracy
;
Women's rights ; India
;
Women ; India ; Social conditions
;
Women ; India ; Economic conditions
;
Representative government and representation ; India
;
Equality ; India
;
Democracy ; India
Abstract:
Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. Property and Power seeks to explore this issue within the context of India, the world's largest democracy. BruleÌ uses cutting-edge research design and extensive field research to make connections among political representation, backlash, and economic empowerment. Her findings show that women in government catalyze access to fundamental economic rights: property rights. Women in politics also have the power to support constituent rights at critical junctures, such as marriage negotiations, sparking integrative solutions to intra-household bargaining. Although they can lead to backlash, quotas are essential for enforcement of rights. In this groundbreaking study, BruleÌ shows how quotas can operate as a crucial tool to foster equality and benefit the women they are meant to empower.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108869287
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