Governance response during COVID-19 and political affirmative action: evidence from local governments in India. (Special Issue: Local governments in pandemic response.)
Public Administration and Development
; 43(2):185-195, 2023.
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| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2320210
ABSTRACT
A great deal of work argues that the entry of women into public spaces can promote political and institutional change. The COVID-19 provides an opportunity to investigate whether and under what conditions women's political representation in rural local governments deliver effective local governance? Drawing from two rounds of data collected in 174 local governments and 1051 households in three Indian states, the paper shows that women Pradhans in the Gram Panchayats had no differential impact on the governance response to COVID-19 compared to the unreserved ones. Analyzing the heterogeneity in these responses suggests that institutional factors like the proportion of women in village council and local entrepreneurship diversity can enhance women Pradhan's capacity to respond to the pandemic. We explore two channels that enable women Pradhan to govern effectively during the pandemic improving women's participation in the labor force and reducing household's vulnerability to poverty in the pre-COVID period.
Agencies and Organizations [DD100]; Women [UU500]; Labour and Employment [EE900]; Rural Sociology [UU800]; Community Participation and Development [UU450]; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; Rural Development [UU850]; Income and Poverty [EE950]; Aid [EE125]; Policy and Planning [EE120]; local government; governance; politics; accountability; change; diversity; entrepreneurship; households; income; employment; labour; panchayats; participation; poverty; rural areas; rural development; socioeconomics; urban areas; women; work; man; India; Commonwealth of Nations; lower-middle income countries; medium Human Development Index countries; South Asia; Asia; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; jobs; labor; socioeconomic aspects
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Public Administration and Development
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