‘Gender Representations’ Among the Three Major Political Parties in the Elections of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly (2004 To 2013) - A Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
All men are created equal” said by Thomas Jefferson. However, each citizen has rights to do their activities without any fear and restrictions. Therefore article XIV of the constitution of India stated that ‘all are equal before the law’. Each state provides the opportunity to participate in all social fields without any discrimination on the grounds of gender and other aspects. Political parties are one of tools in the political system to make the Democracy successful. The representatives of political parties have equal opportunity in order to the process of political participation in its internal and external aspects. The political parties have different wings such as women wing, youth wing, and labour wing respectively to increase the level of their political participation. The achievement of the welfare state is based on egalitarian society which enforces the individual become civic. In Karnataka each political parties has to provide the opportunity to all civil society groups respectively with the establishment of its wings at different levels. Each levels represented by the members of both male and female. Especially at the Panchayath levels the political representation of the both gender is more than the other levels of political parties. However, to uphold the equal representation of both genders across Karnataka is the prior responsibility of the political parties of the state.
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Deekshith Kumar M, Dr, Basavaraja G
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