Capable Women, Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India

Cover
Series
Capable Women, Incapable States
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Section I Opening
	1. Introduction: Endeavor
	2. Stalled: The Landscape of Domestic Violence
Section II Negotiations
	3. Running a Family: Women’s Reasons for Reconciliation
	4. The Business of Mediation: Why Organized Actors Intervene
	5. Incentivizing the Law: How Organized Actors Change Women’s Preferences
	6. Under Pressure: Law Enforcement’s Sense of Victimization
	7 Avoid and Delegate: Law Enforcement’s Responses to Women’s Claims
Section III Citizens
	8. Running a Case: The Praxis of Law
	9. Aspirational and Strategic: The Subjectivity of Law
	10. Justice by Another Name: What Women Gained from Running Cases
	11. The Allure and Costs of Capability
	12. Conclusion: Capability Without Rights
Section IV Appendices
	Appendix A Methodological Discussion
	Appendix B Key Legal Reforms
	Appendix C First Information Report
	Appendix D Domestic Incident Report
Notes
References
Index