Negotiating privately for an effective role in public space : a case study of women in Panchayats of Orissa, India /

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This book is the outcome of interdisciplinary research investigating female participation in politics in rural India. The participants were all rural and mostly illiterate women who dared to explore the public space by entering into grassroots political institutions as a result of the quota introduc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miśra, Hiraṇmaẏī (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Temas:
Women > Political activity > India > Odisha.
Panchayat > India > Odisha.
Women politicians > India > Odisha > Social conditions.
Role conflict.
Support (Domestic relations) > India > Odisha.
Conflit de rôles.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Development studies.
Gender studies: women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Panchayat.
Support (Domestic relations)
Women > Political activity.
India > Odisha.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is the outcome of interdisciplinary research investigating female participation in politics in rural India. The participants were all rural and mostly illiterate women who dared to explore the public space by entering into grassroots political institutions as a result of the quota introduced in 1992. This ruling stipulated that 'no less than one third of the seats' in India's rural political units, the Panchayats, were to be filled by women, and created a social revolution in the co ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 186 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443855853
1443855855

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