Capable Women, Incapable States

Negotiating Violence and Rights in India

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Poulami Roychowdhury, McGill University) Roychowdhury, Poulami (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology

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In recent decades, the issue of gender-based violence has become heavily politicized in India. Yet, Indian law enforcement personnel continue to be biased against women and overburdened. In Capable Women, Incapable States, Poulami Roychowdhury asks how women claim rights within these conditions. Through long term ethnography, she provides an in-depth lens on rights negotiations in the world's largest democracy, detailing their social and political effects. Roychowdhury finds that women interact with the law not by following legal procedure or abiding by the rules, but by deploying collective threats and doing the work of the state themselves. And they behave this way because law enforcement personnel do not protect women from harm but do allow women to take the law into their own hands.These negotiations do not enhance legal enforcement. Instead, they create a space where capable women can extract concessions outside the law, all while shouldering a new burden of labor and risk. A unique theory of gender inequality and governance, Capable Women, Incapable States forces us to rethink the effects of rights activism across large parts of the world where political mobilization confronts negligent criminal justice systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-01-12
Mått165 x 239 x 40 mm
Vikt386 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieModern South Asia
Antal sidor250
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190881900
UtmärkelserWinner, 2022 Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award, American Sociological Association Human Rights Section Winner, 2022 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society Honorable Mention, 2022 Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2022 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association

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Poulami Roychowdhury is Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Her research examines the relationship between politics, law, and social inequality, with a focus on the global south. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, the American Institute for Indian Studies, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec.

List of TermsAcknowledgmentsSection I OpeningChapter I Introduction Chapter II StalledSections II NegotiationsChapter III Running a FamilyChapter IV The Business of MediationChapter V Incentivizing the LawChapter VI States of DisempowermentChapter VII Incorporating WomenSection III CitizensChapter VIII Running a CaseChapter IX Aspirational-Strategic SubjectsChapter X Illicit JusticeChapter XI The Allure and Costs of CapabilityChapter XII ConclusionSection IV Appendices Appendix A Methodological DiscussionAppendix B Key Legal ReformsAppendix C First Information ReportAppendix D Domestic Incident ReportBibliographyNotesIndex

The importance of the topic, the well-designed and well-conducted research, and Roychowdhury's insightful analyses of the complicated issues surrounding legal reforms, violence, and implementation of rights in the twenty-first century make Capable Women, Incapable States a valuable and very useful book for scholars and students of gender, law, and states...Capable Women, Incapable States will be an excellent way to start conver- sations with students, especially in courses on law, gender, feminist legal theory, and human rights, and will motivate further research in this area.