Brulé’s Women, Power, and Property Wins APSA Luebbert Prize
Rachel Brulé, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has been awarded the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Luebbert Prize for the best book in comparative politics for her book Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India.
In an announcement on Twitter, Dawn Langan Teele, chair of APSA’s Lubbert best book in comparative politics committee, describes Brulé’s book as “packed with insight not just about gender but also about power. She shows how seemingly token institutional reform – gender reservations – can have profound knock on effects on the broader culture and distribution of power, an substantive policies.”
As the chair of @APSAtweets’s Lubbert best book in comparative politics committee I’m thrilled to announce that Rachel Brulé’s Women, Power, and Property stands wins for its combination of impact, evidence, and elegance. @BruleRachel @CUP_PoliSci
— Dra. Dawn Teele (@dawn_teele) June 29, 2021
Learn more about Women, Power, and Property on Cambridge University Press’ website.
Rachel Brulé is an Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and core faculty of the Global Development Policy Center’s Human Capital Initiative. Her research interests are broadly in comparative politics, international development, political economy, and gender, with a geographical focus on South Asia. Read more about Brulé on her faculty profile.