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Women Who Only Serve Chai - Gender Quotas, Reservations and Proxies in India (Hardcover)
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Women Who Only Serve Chai - Gender Quotas, Reservations and Proxies in India (Hardcover)
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This book investigates the experiences of women city councilors in
India. It follows the careers of women in Jaipur, Rajasthan, who
were brought into public office through a gender quota instituted
over two decades ago. It reveals how, even in office, women
continue to face stigma and normative restrictions imposed by a
society not entirely willing to accept them in a public and
independent position; and how men, technically blocked by the
gender quota from holding office themselves, continue to exert
control and influence over women officeholders, even sidelining
them in many cases as proxies. The volume also documents the role
of these men, colloquially known as parshad-patis, who have
uniquely subverted the gender quota without violating any of the
formal quota rules. To combat these challenges, the author presents
pragmatic approaches to empower women in political offices at the
grassroots and highlights the need for a comprehensive support
structure to aid gender quota institutions in delivering equality
in highly patriarchal environments. Drawing on extensive fieldwork
and interviews with elected members and their spouses, as well as
journalists, women's rights activists, and student political
leaders, this book provides fascinating insights into the everyday
politics of India. It will be of great interest to scholars and
researchers of gender studies, politics, political processes, and
South Asian studies.
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