Research project
Women as Agents of Change: How has Women’s Political Mobilization Restructured Political Networks and Changed Local Governance?
Will women’s increasing electoral participation in rural India improve governance? On what terms are women being incorporated into politics – through existing patriarchal and clientelist relationships, or through collective action against the patriarchal and clientelist system?
- Duration
- 2021 - 2024
- Contact
- Jonathan Phillips
- Funding
- International Growth Centre
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NWO XS
- Partners
Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Stanford University
Outside of elections, Indian women participate in politics at much lower rates than men. By collecting detailed census data from 16 communities on political relationships, we aim to understand how women’s connections to others shape the intensity and nature of their participation. In particular, the project analyzes to what extent women are being mobilized into relationships of clientelism.