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Indian Federalism and Violence Against Women: A Complex Web of Power Relationships

Anctil, Priscyll LU orcid and Viens, Catherine (2020) p.306-320
Abstract
In 2012, the ‘Delhi rape’ brought renewed attention to the long-standing problem of violence against women (VAW) in India, unraveling entrenched structures of oppression against women. However, despite the introduction of the 2013 Rape Law, women still face high levels of sexual violence. If much has been written on VAW in India and the complexity of Indian federalism, very few studies engage with how the two interact. In an effort to discuss this relationship, this chapter focuses on how multilevel governance as a way of organizing government and a philosophy of governance could help mitigate the problem of VAW in India. After exposing the complex web of gender–power relationships, the chapter provides an overview of VAW and federalism in... (More)
In 2012, the ‘Delhi rape’ brought renewed attention to the long-standing problem of violence against women (VAW) in India, unraveling entrenched structures of oppression against women. However, despite the introduction of the 2013 Rape Law, women still face high levels of sexual violence. If much has been written on VAW in India and the complexity of Indian federalism, very few studies engage with how the two interact. In an effort to discuss this relationship, this chapter focuses on how multilevel governance as a way of organizing government and a philosophy of governance could help mitigate the problem of VAW in India. After exposing the complex web of gender–power relationships, the chapter provides an overview of VAW and federalism in India and, finally, the concluding parts argue around the possibility of multilevel governance for the deployment of multiple counter-powers to the central state. (Less)
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India, Violence against Women, Multilevel governance, Federalism
host publication
Handbook on Gender, Diversity and Federalism
editor
Vickers, Jill ; Grace, Joan and Collier, Cheryl N.
pages
306 - 320
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
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  • scopus:85137416963
ISBN
9781788119290
9781788119306
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English
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  abstract     = {{In 2012, the ‘Delhi rape’ brought renewed attention to the long-standing problem of violence against women (VAW) in India, unraveling entrenched structures of oppression against women. However, despite the introduction of the 2013 Rape Law, women still face high levels of sexual violence. If much has been written on VAW in India and the complexity of Indian federalism, very few studies engage with how the two interact. In an effort to discuss this relationship, this chapter focuses on how multilevel governance as a way of organizing government and a philosophy of governance could help mitigate the problem of VAW in India. After exposing the complex web of gender–power relationships, the chapter provides an overview of VAW and federalism in India and, finally, the concluding parts argue around the possibility of multilevel governance for the deployment of multiple counter-powers to the central state.}},
  author       = {{Anctil, Priscyll and Viens, Catherine}},
  booktitle    = {{Handbook on Gender, Diversity and Federalism}},
  editor       = {{Vickers, Jill and Grace, Joan and Collier, Cheryl N.}},
  isbn         = {{9781788119290}},
  keywords     = {{India; Violence against Women; Multilevel governance; Federalism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{306--320}},
  publisher    = {{Edward Elgar Publishing}},
  title        = {{Indian Federalism and Violence Against Women: A Complex Web of Power Relationships}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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