Patriarchal Political Order - The Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India

"Why do women participate in politics less than men? This book examines the political participation of women in rural India to deepen our understanding of how to create an inclusive democracy. It demonstrates women can empower themselves through collectively demanding access to politics"--

List of contents

Part I. The Puzzle of Women's Political Participation: 1. Introduction; 2. Patriarchy, inequality, and the political lives of rural Indian women; 3. A relational theory of women's political participation; Part II. The Patriarchal Political Order: 4. The patriarchal political household; 5. Political behavior under household cooperation; 6. The patriarchal political order ¿ networks and the nature of political organization; Part III. The Unravelling; 7. The power of autonomy from the household and women's collective action; 8. Consciousness-raising as the ignition for collective action; Part IV. Consequences of Inclusion: 9. Women's mobilization across India and its portents; 10. Conclusion: political inclusion as a path to social change.

About the author

Soledad Artiz Prillaman is an assistant professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also the faculty director of the Inclusive Democracy and Development Lab at Stanford. Prillaman specializes in comparative political economy, development, and gender, with a focus in South Asia.

Summary

Why do women participate in politics less than men? This book examines the political participation of women in rural India to deepen our understanding of how to create an inclusive democracy. It demonstrates women can empower themselves through collectively demanding access to politics.

Product details

• Authors: Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Soledad Artiz (Stanford University Prillaman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009355803
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935580-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, India, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Population & demography, Population and Demography