the politics of identity, gender and social inequalities in India
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kapadia, Karin > (ed.)
- Contributor
- S, Anandhi
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B4016 - B
- Thesaurus
- ontwikkelingsbeleid, sociale stratificatie, demografie, geweld, plattelandsvrouwen, vrouwenbewegingen, historisch, India, bundel
- Description
- In this book a number of India's leading feminist economists, historians, political scientists, journalists and anthropologists investigate the contemporary situation of women in India. The volume focuses on four domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. The writers argue that despite apparently positive indicators of progress in education and paid employment, women's status has not improved. They point out that steadily falling sex ratios even show a growing bias against the female child.