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
- Part II The Patriarchal Political Order
- Part III The Unraveling
- 7 The Power of Autonomy from the Household and Women’s Collective Action
- 8 Consciousness-Raising as the Ignition for Collective Action
- Part IV Consequences of Inclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
7 - The Power of Autonomy from the Household and Women’s Collective Action
from Part III - The Unraveling
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
- Part II The Patriarchal Political Order
- Part III The Unraveling
- 7 The Power of Autonomy from the Household and Women’s Collective Action
- 8 Consciousness-Raising as the Ignition for Collective Action
- Part IV Consequences of Inclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
Summary
Chapter 7 provides cause for optimism: women’s participation in apolitical women’s groups enhances their political agency and doubles their political participation. Leveraging a natural experiment to identify the impact of access to SHGs, or small women-only credit collectives, it shows that access spaces outside of the household with other women generates solidaristic collective action oriented toward women’s political participation that succeeds in changing women’s political behavior: SHG members were significantly and substantially more likely to participate in politics than nonmembers. Further, this impact is evident in the larger village political network; women are more densely politically connected, and gender emerges as a more salient political cleavage. This positive impact of SHGs occurs despite no change in women’s economic resources.
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- The Patriarchal Political OrderThe Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India, pp. 161 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023