Political Participation of Women in West Bengal
Author | : Jayasri Ghosh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political participation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jayasri Ghosh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political participation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rachel E. Brulé |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2020-10-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108870600 |
Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. Women, Power, and Property explores this question within the context of India, the world's largest democracy. Brulé employs a research design that maximizes causal inference alongside extensive field research to explain the relationship between political representation, backlash, and economic empowerment. Her findings show that women in government – gatekeepers – catalyze access to fundamental economic rights to property. Women in politics have the power to support constituent rights at critical junctures, such as marriage negotiations, when they can strike integrative solutions to intrahousehold bargaining. Yet there is a paradox: quotas are essential for enforcement of rights, but they generate backlash against women who gain rights without bargaining leverage. In this groundbreaking study, Brulé shows how well-designed quotas can operate as a crucial tool to foster equality and benefit the women they are meant to empower.
Author | : Kumar, Neha |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2018-08-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social, political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. Although a growing body of literature shows evidence of positive impacts of SHGs on various measures of empowerment, our understanding of ways in which SHGs improve awareness and use of public services is limited. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper first examines how SHG membership is associated with political participation, awareness, and use of government entitlement schemes. It further examines the effect of SHG membership on various measures of social networks and mobility. Using data collected in 2015 across five Indian states and matching methods to correct for endogeneity of SHG membership, we find that SHG members are more politically engaged. We also find that SHG members are not only more likely to know of certain public entitlements than non-members, they are significantly more likely to avail of a greater number of public entitlement schemes. Additionally, SHG members have wider social networks and greater mobility as compared to non-members. Our results suggest that SHGs have the potential to increase their members’ ability to hold public entities accountable and demand what is rightfully theirs. An important insight, however, is that the SHGs themselves cannot be expected to increase knowledge of public entitlement schemes in absence of a deliberate effort to do so by an external agency.
Author | : Jasodhara Bagchi |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2005-01-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780761932420 |
This important and comprehensive volume vividly depicts the current status of women and girls in West Bengal. The analysis has been conducted in the framework of the socio-economic and politico-cultural ambience that has characterized the state in recent decades. The contributors highlight both areas of strength and vulnerability and clearly demonstrate that the status of women cannot be conceived as monolithic or static--it has many facets and is in a state of constant flux. The analysis of macro data is supported by revealing micro studies based on field surveys and an examination of cultural trends.
Author | : Lucy Zehol |
Publisher | : Regency Publications (India) |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Naga (South Asian people) |
ISBN | : |
Collection of papers presented at a seminar.
Author | : R. B. Singh |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2021-07-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9811622213 |
This book brings together the emerging trends and techniques incorporated in regional science during the first two decades of this millennium. The book includes systematic and analytical notes making scientific commentary on the innovative methods of regional development, measurement of the development, regional development models, and policy measures that have significant implications and wide applicability instrumental for India as well as the other global south countries. There is clear evidence in the global south of the uneven spatial distribution of resources, economic activities, literacy, and health conditions. The most striking fact is the coexistence of development and underdevelopment that makes the planning process complicated. This can hardly be explored without taking a deep insight into the matter of how the regional parameters are impacting regional society or economy to shape the development of that region. There can be no effective global policy framework that will be effective equally for each and every region to mitigate local issues of society or economy. It is here that the book integrates the efforts of practitioners working towards addressing these regional issues and striving for sustainable regional development through their innovative ideas. Through its contributions, the book addresses development issues, regional impact of climate change, social justice, migration, well-being, livelihood vulnerabilities, and regional urban-environmental issues from the standpoint of regional science. It is a significant resource for researchers of spatial science, and policy makers.
Author | : Rakhahari Chatterji |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000586898 |
This book makes a critical analysis of West Bengal's Left Front regime (1977-2011) and explores the causes of its collapse under three sgments; inquiry into issues of political management; evaluation of various policy initiatives; and examination of development in civil society. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
Author | : Karen Marie Mokate |
Publisher | : IDB |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Social planning |
ISBN | : 9781931003940 |
Author | : Jennifer L. Lawless |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2005-09-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521857451 |
It Takes a Candidate serves as the first systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Study, a national survey conducted on almost 3,800 'potential candidates', we find that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to demonstrate ambition to seek elected office. Women are less likely than men to be recruited to run for office. They are less likely than men to think they are 'qualified' to run for office. And they are less likely than men to express a willingness to run for office in the future. This gender gap in political ambition persists across generations. Despite cultural evolution and society's changing attitudes toward women in politics, running for public office remains a much less attractive and feasible endeavor for women than men.