Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: January | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 160-167
Socio-Economic and Political Backgrounds of Women Legislators and Their Level of Participation in Tripura Legislative Assembly: A Study
Kishore Roy1, Dr. Bikash Chandra Dash2
1Ph. D Scholar, Department of Political Science, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu, Karbi- Anglong, Assam.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assam University Diphu Campus. Diphu, Karbi- Anglong, Assam.
Corresponding Author: Kishore Roy
ABSTRACT
This paper proposes to study the relationship between socio-economic and political variables of women legislators and their level of participation and performances in legislative proceedings of Tripura Legislative Assembly. Women community, in general, marginalized and suppressed by the majority males and one of the vital cause is the presence of patriarchal culture and mindset among the people in the state. Their participation in assembly proceedings recorded very low due to their low numerical strength. Still, socio-economic and political backgrounds of women legislators affect the various levels of participation in and outside the assembly. This study reveals inter-dependence of participation of women legislators and their socio-economic status and found that women with higher socio-economic strata have participated better in the legislative proceedings. This study is based on secondary data and followed descriptive and analytical method.
Key words: participation, legislators, socio-economic variables, representation, legislative proceeding.
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