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

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