The quota innovation, gender and Indian politics: experience and prospects

Abstract

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Do Electoral Quotas Work after They Are Withdrawn? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India

“…Women's underrepresentation in politics may be caused by a dearth of female candidates. Women may not run for office for a number of reasons, including because they do not view themselves as being qualified to run (Fox and Lawless 2004); because they are unable to negotiate an independent space for themselves within their households (Chhibber 2002); or because their husbands, fathers-in-law, or mothers-in-law disapprove of their candidatures (Honour, Barry, and Palnitkar 1999). Reservations might increase the number of women who try to run for office by relaxing these constraints 19 .…”