The violence of development: the politics of identity, gender and social inequalities in India/
edited by Karin Kapadia
- New Delhi: Kali for Women, 2002.
- vi, 526 p. 22 cm.
Introduction : the politics of identity, social inequalities and economic growth / Karin Kapadia -- 1. The paradoxes of development. Between the devil and the deep sea : shrinking options for women in contemporary India / Nirmala Banerjee -- The violence of gender-biased development : going beyond social and demographic indicators / Padmini Swaminathan -- Translocal modernities and transformations of gender and caste / Karin Kapadia -- 2. Violence, difference and the women's movement. Surviving violence, making peace : women in communal conflict in Mumbai / Kalpana Sharma -- Confrontation and negotiation : the women's movement's responses to violence against women / Urvashi Butalia -- Multiple dimensions of violence against rural women in Uttar Pradesh : macro and micro realities / Nisha Srivastava -- 3. Widening democracy: reports from the frontlines. Grassroots, gender and governance : Panchayati Raj experiences from Mahila Samakhya Karnataka / Revathi Narayanan -- Exploring gender inflections within Panchayati Raj institutions : women's politicization in Andhra Pradesh / Seemanthini Niranjana -- New modes of violence : the backlash against women in the Panchayat system / Shail Mayaram -- Interlocking patriarchies and women in governance : a case study of Panchayati Raj institutions in Tamil Nadu / Anandhi S -- 4. A history that repeates itself. Towards a feminist politics? The Indian women's movement in historical perspective / Samita Sen
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India Women--Social conditions Economic policy Women in development Women--Crimes against Women--Political activity