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Menon Nivedita

Gender and politics in India - New Delhi Oxford University Press 1999 - 539p. - Themes in Politics Series .

ISBN: 0-19-565893-0

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Politics and government
Human rights
Political activity
Women's rights
Women equality
Gender and environment : Colonialism and evolution of masculinist forestry, women, ecology and culture, gender and environment debate- lessons from India
Work : Structural adjustment, feminization of labour/ labor force and organizational strategies, impact of technological change on industrial women workers
Law : On women, equality and constitution- through the looking glass of feminism, rights, bodies and law- rethinking feminist politics of justice
Women's movement : Organizations and autonomy, from Chipko to Sati- contemporary Indian women's movement, feminists, women's movement and working class
Women, community, rights : Institutions, beliefs, ideologies- widow immolation in contemporary Rajasthan, communities as political actors- question of cultural rights
Victimhood/ agency : Thumri as feminine voice, problems for a contemporary theory of gender
Sexuality : Thinking beyond gender in India
women & politics

Dewey Class. No.: 362.83 / MEN/G