Gender role encapsulation as resistance to patriarchy: Women politicians’ work and gender equality in India

• Published in: Organization (London, England) Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 307 - 325
• Main Authors: Patel, Taran, Romani, Laurence, Oberoi, Poonam, Ramasamy, Chandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: 05 Gender equality; 10 Reduced inequalities; 17 Partnerships for the goals; Deviance; Enactment; Entrapment; Equality; Ethnography; Family roles; Family structure; Female roles; Gender equity; Gender inequality; Gender roles; Insubordination; Patriarchy; Politicians; Politics; Presidents; Resistance; Theory; Women; Women and politics; India; insubordination; token theory; gender equality; infrapolitics; gender-based reservation; role encapsulation; Everyday resistance; patriarchy

Why has the gender-based reservation system not succeeded in achieving gender equality in Indian politics? Both token theory and critical mass theory posit that equilibrating number of representatives from both genders will achieve gender equality. In India, this led to the reservation system for wo...