A Comparative study of Political Orientation of working women in select formal and informal sectors a case study of South Kolkata

A Comparative study of Political Orientation of working women in select formal and informal sectors a case study of South Kolkata

dc.contributor.advisor	Basu, Pradip
dc.creator.researcher	Chatterjee, Anasua
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-22T10:33:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-22T10:33:11Z
dc.description.abstract	Political participation is a necessary ingredient of every political system for the successful working of democracy. Some empirical studies show that most people are not politically oriented and political participation is not a natural concomitant of citizenship. In this society, women are commonly constrained by the norms, beliefs, customs and values of the society creating separate codes of conduct for women and men (Kabeeer,2000). We have not been able to get rid of these characteristics even in this 21st century. The main purpose of the present study is to make a comparative analysis of political orientation of working women in select formal (teachers and bank employees) and informal(sector street vendors and domestic workers) sectors of South Kolkata. It aims to study her cognitive orientation (i.e. her knowledge about political parties, symbols, their stay in power and their judgements about political system), her socio-economic security ( i.e. her independent role in decision-making within the family in terms of investment , control over her income, taking major and minor decisions, nature of treatment meted out by family members or from the society at large, nature of such harassment if any and the kind of help received), affective orientation (her attachment towards the political system, issues and events, her interest in political and non-political forums) and evaluative orientation (her partisan preference and pattern of voting behaviour).Survey was carried by the researcher on 1000 working women from July 2016-July 2017 through structured questionnaire and informal interviews. Results:Women working in both the organised and the unorganised sectors play dual role looking after their children, elders in the family, husbands and also contribute to the family expenditure but they are bound to act as per the whims of their husbands or other male members of her family in decision-making. They consult their husbands, elder members of the family or the community before casting their vote and are not guided by individual preference or choice. Women do not yet exist as an effective political collectivity. Being treated as a deprived section, women are still denied from power indicating that they are relatively less entitled to make strategic choice.	en_US
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dc.identifier.uri	http://www.presiuniv.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/handle/123456789/2409
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
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dc.source	Presidency University	en_US
dc.source.uri	https://www.presiuniv.ac.in	en_US
dc.subject	Working women	en_US
dc.subject	Formal and informal sector	en_US
dc.subject	Civil society	en_US
dc.subject	Decision-making power in the family	en_US
dc.subject	Empowerment	en_US
dc.subject	Political interest	en_US
dc.subject	Partisan preference	en_US
dc.title	A Comparative study of Political Orientation of working women in select formal and informal sectors a case study of South Kolkata	en_US
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