Rachel Brulé's guest appearances

Rachel Brulé

Center for the Advanced Study of India

Grand Tamasha

Roshan Kishore

Gabi Kruks-Wisner

Anit Mukherjee

Scaachi Koul

Scott Moore

Ruchir Sharma

Katherine Eban

Imran Khan

Narendra Modi

Tanvi Madan

Evan Feigenbaum

Shashi Tharoor

Madhuri Vijay

Vinay Sitapati

Snigdha Poonam

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In the early 1990s, India legislated sweeping new gender quotas in local government in the hopes that women’s political empowerment would help to rectify centuries-old social and economic inequalities. But, despite these moves, we know surprisingly little about whether and how quotas have undone entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies around the world.A new book by the political scientist Rachel Brulé—Women, Power and Property: The Paradox of Gender Inequality Laws in India—tackles precisely this question through a broad-ranging study of quotas in India and their impacts not just on women’s lives, but on the broader system of status hierarchy and dominance that permeates Indian society.Rachel, an assistant professor of global development policy at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, joins Milan on the show this week to talk about her new book, the entrenched nature of gender inequality in India and around the world, and the complex effects of quotas on development outcomes in India. Plus, the two discuss the prospects of the Women’s Reservation Bill, a long-pending bill that would reserve one-third of parliamentary and state assembly seats in India for women.Episode notes:Rachel Brulé and Nikhar Gaikwad, “Culture, Capital and the Political Economy Gender Gap: Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes,” Journal of PoliticsRachel Brulé, “Reform, Representation &amp; Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement,” Journal of PoliticsIsabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

In the early 1990s, India legislated sweeping new gender quotas in local government in the hopes that women’s political empowerment would help to rectify centuries-old social and economic inequalities. But, despite these moves, we know surprisingly little about whether and how quotas have undone entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies around the world.A new book by the political scientist <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBruleRachel%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748938661%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=cRKQ04isxxGws3pwESqRg2YykDPLMQ7pzvd732ttkpM%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Brulé</a>—<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frachelbrule.com%2Fbook%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748943652%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7eM44TfQH2xlpLkGypitE8jPlkH%2B1xcC35h74g93v0s%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women, Power and Property: The Paradox of Gender Inequality Laws in India</a>—tackles precisely this question through a broad-ranging study of quotas in India and their impacts not just on women’s lives, but on the broader system of status hierarchy and dominance that permeates Indian society.Rachel, an assistant professor of global development policy at the <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fpardeeschool%2Fprofile%2Frachel-brule%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748948642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jCTRT8XeIqPuz%2BYPIOrpiWAP1il68MMz%2BxEdGHF1Plk%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University</a>, joins Milan on the show this week to talk about her new book, the entrenched nature of gender inequality in India and around the world, and the complex effects of quotas on development outcomes in India. Plus, the two discuss the prospects of the Women’s Reservation Bill, a long-pending bill that would reserve one-third of parliamentary and state assembly seats in India for women.Episode notes:<ol><li>Rachel Brulé and Nikhar Gaikwad, “<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frachelbrule.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F07%2F20200401_Main_NonAnon_JOP.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748958625%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=CMP0MsfRBCPdDP43hapP0jGv4PdZxgWsVKvig2rXtQ0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Culture, Capital and the Political Economy Gender Gap: Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes</a>,” Journal of Politics</li><li>Rachel Brulé, “<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frachelbrule.com%2FMyUploads%2FBrule_2019_ReformRepresentationResistance_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748963614%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=nrZcZWdjjjhcokPlWtHCGtIFwNjXvhLCujSYEtmN3hs%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reform, Representation &amp; Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement</a>,” Journal of Politics</li><li>Isabel Wilkerson, <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCaste-Origins-Discontents-Isabel-Wilkerson%2Fdp%2F0593230256&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCliff.Djajapranata%40ceip.org%7C2232d8dbe38b492a8df308d91d2a8637%7C2f1b2c902dab43fdbb45e43dd6e09cc6%7C0%7C0%7C637572890748968608%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=kr3MMUeCmXJ92iBOct%2FAOJxRxwBFDB3%2B82bTn3e8820%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents</a></li></ol>

Rachel Brulé on Gender Quotas and Gender Inequality in India

CASI Spring 2018 Seminar Series Podcast"The Long Arm of Resistance: Gender-Equalizing Reform and Parental Care"featuring Rachel Brulé (Assistant Professor of Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi)in conversation with Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

CASI Spring 2018 Seminar Series Podcast "The Long Arm of Resistance: Gender-Equalizing Reform and Parental Care" featuring Rachel Brulé (Assistant Professor of Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi) in conversation with Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

Spring 2018 Podcast with Rachel Brulé