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Book contents
- The Patriarchal Political Order
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
- The Patriarchal Political Order
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Part III The Unraveling
- Part IV Consequences of Inclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
2 - Patriarchy, Inequality, and the Political Lives of Rural Indian Women
from Part I - The Puzzle of Women’s Political Participation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2023
- The Patriarchal Political Order
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
- The Patriarchal Political Order
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Part III The Unraveling
- Part IV Consequences of Inclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
Summary
Chapter 2 defines and describes the manifestations of patriarchy and inequality in India. It describes the system of patriarchy in rural India and how widespread and entrenched patriarchal norms generate a patriarchal social order that centers on women in the household. It demonstrates how patriarchal norms have enabled the use of violence to control and dominate women, including by internalizing the acceptability of this means of coercion. It further highlights the role of legal and political institutions in perpetuating this social order. Finally, it documents the state of women’s and men’s political participation in rural India, revealing substantial disparities in political participation between men and women and, even more strikingly, between different forms of participation within women.
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- The Patriarchal Political OrderThe Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India, pp. 38 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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