Women, Power, And Property: The Paradox Of Gender Equality Laws In India

Can political representation help women upend entrenched systems of power? Property and Power finds evidence that quotas improve women's ability to claim fundamental economic rights. Yet greater voice is costly. Whether women experience benefits or backlash depends on individual bargaining power at the time a woman is elected.

• | By (Author): Rachel E. (Boston University) Brule
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 14, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 394 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108798845
• | ISBN-13: 9781108798846