Unheard voices: The challenge of inducing women's civic speech

被引:7
作者
Palaniswamy, Nethra [1 ]
Parthasarathy, Ramya [2 ]
Rao, Vijayendra [3 ]
机构
[1] World Bank, Poverty Global Practice, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] World Bank, Dev Res Grp, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
关键词
India; Gender; Deliberation; Village democracy; Text-as-data; Participation; POLICY EXPERIMENT; GENDER; DEMOCRACY; FLOOR;
D O I
10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.10.007
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Deliberative institutions have gained popularity in the developing world as a means by which to make governance more inclusive and responsive to local needs. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that persistent gender inequality may limit women's ability to participate actively and influence outcomes in these forums. In response, policy makers have tried to induce women's participation by leveraging the group-based format of self-help groups, which can build women's social capital and develop their sense of political efficacy and identity. This paper evaluates the impact of one such intervention, known as the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project, on women's civic participation in rural Tamil Nadu. Using text as-data methods on a matched sample of transcripts from village assembly meetings, the analysis finds that the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project significantly increases women's participation in the gram sabha along several dimensions meeting attendance, propensity to speak, and the length of floor time they enjoy. Although women in the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project villages enjoy greater voice, the findings suggest that this intervention may shift discourse away from the organic topics raised by citizens and towards project specific activities. Given the finite amount of time to conduct local assemblies, this may have the perverse effect of crowding out discussion of issues that are broadly relevant to the community. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:64 / 77
页数:14
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