Decolonizing democracy : transforming the social contract in India /

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"Analyzes the movement for Indian independence, the framing of the Indian Constitution, and contemporary contestations over women's legal and political status as crucial moments of transition in which feminist and other progressive activists in India have challenged racialized and gendered...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keating, Christine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Indien > The Constitution of India
Women's rights > India.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > India.
Feminism > India.
Constitutional history > India.
Social contract.
Femmes > Droits > Inde.
Féminisme > Inde.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Inde.
Contrat social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Constitutional history.
Feminism.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Frauenemanzipation
Demokratie
Frau
Sozialvertrag
Gleichberechtigung
Postkolonialismus
India.
Indien
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : decolonizing democracy
  • Fraternalist and paternalist approaches to colonial rule
  • Resistant convergences : anticolonial feminist nationalism
  • Framing the postcolonial social contract
  • Challenging political marginalization : The women's reservation bill
  • Legal pluralism and gender justice
  • Conclusion : building a nondomination contract.

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