Capable Women, Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India

ISBN-13: 9780190881894 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 252 str.

Poulami Roychowdhury

Recenzje

...it is the subjective shift Roychowdhury documents when women learn that the law is a strategic field open to them to engage with and manipulate that proves the most enduring lesson. These women's recognition that the legal system can be strategically navigated as a way to claim rights is perhaps the strongest justification for developing 'capability'. In doing so, Roychowdhury presents a clear case for why rights continue to matter even in the face of incapable systems of justice.

O autorze

Poulami Roychowdhury is Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Her research examines the relationship between politics, law, and social inequality, with a focus on the global south. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, the American Institute for Indian Studies, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec.