Gender and politics in India - Menon Nivedita (Oxford University Press New Delhi, 1999)
Keywords: 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