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- Title
WOMEN'S POLITICAL VOICE- FEMINIST INTERVENTIONS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS.
- Authors
Shoukla, Vatsala
- Abstract
Political Science has evolved considerably since the beginning of the study of politics as a discipline, which was primarily centered around men, masculinity and maleness, and where women were considered apolitical and therefore, invisible. Classical canons of political theories not only argued for women's apolitical and invisible status in politics but went beyond and made an attempt to validate their claim and justified women's exclusion as natural. Nonetheless, women's relentless struggles for political space and feminist political scientists' persistent work highlighting women's visible role in politics opened a new era in the study of politics, which definitely helped broadened the understanding of politics. The paper is an attempt to highlight the significance and use of feminist research methods in the study of politics, particularly those used in capturing women leaders' lived experiences in municipal government in Mumbai in a recently concluded pilot study. In order to deal with the challenge of enumerating the role and challenges faced by these women leaders, the approach involved a shift from exclusive objectivity to privileging elements of positionality, subjectivity and intersectionality of respondents. In concise, the paper endeavors to draw attention towards the reality of women's marked visibility in municipal politics, the significance of studying their personal and professional experiences and struggles, highlighting the process of their political empowerment as they are challenging and changing several political stereotypes, and the importance of using feminist research methods in capturing these details.
- Subjects
FEMINISM; POLITICAL science
- Publication
Research Horizons, 2017, Vol 7, p167
- ISSN
2229-385X
- Publication type
Article