Democracy as a transitional compass: women's participation in South Africa and Kerala, India

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作者
Williams, Michelle [1 ]
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[1] Univ Witwatersrand Wits, Dept Sociol, Johannesburg, South Africa
关键词
Democracy; Kerala; South Africa; Women's participation; GOVERNMENT; GENDER; DECENTRALIZATION; CITIZENSHIP; POLITICS; AGENCY;
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10.1080/14747731.2019.1652468
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D81 [国际关系];
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030207 ;
摘要
In this article I explore the attempts by the states in South Africa and Kerala to create spaces for public participation by specifically focusing on women's involvement in local spaces. Democracy is a crucial part of any emancipatory future that seeks to challenge and overcome inequality. I show that both states have 'invited' participation by women in various ways, but that the transformative potential of this participation is limited by national political economy, bureaucratization, and the lack of political will. In South Africa, the invited spaces eventually transformed into avenues for delivery and in response the women in this study shifted to inventing ways to engage in development in their personal lives. By using a double comparison - South Africa over time and South Africa compared to India - I argue that transformative politics requires a combination of invented and invited spaces.
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