Women in Indian Politics [Hardcover]

Recent years have witnessed a concern at the marginal presence of women in Politics. The concern has been voiced through international for a on the one hand and national and local level women groups and academics on the other. The involvement of women in politics in now regarded as an important factor for a healthy democracy. No democracy can be termed as healthy, if half on the population does not participate in the political process. It is also being increasingly realized that participation as mere voters is not enough. It has to be followed by large scale participation in the policy-formulation and decision making process. This book is an attempt at analyzing the problems related to women’s political participation in the Indian context. ‘Gender’ and ‘patriarchy’ have been used as the conceptual framework. The environmental factors-socio-economic, political and cultural-are in some way or the other, directly related to the norms of ‘gender’ and ‘patriarchy’. About The Author:- Dr. Niroj Sinha, presently Principal of M.M. College, Patna University. She has been engaged in women studies since 1981 and has undertaken research on various aspects of women’s life. She has completed two projects, funded by Union Ministry of Welfare and Ministry of Human Resources Development. She has also worked for two international projects-Women in Public Admin., International Perspectives and Women and Politics World-Wide, which have published in book form from Haywarth and Yale, in USA. She has been attending the World Congresses of Political Science since 1979 regularly and has widely travelled in North America, South America, Europe and erstwhile USSR. She has also visited some of the South Asian countries. Contents:- List of Tables • List of Contributors • Introduction • Demystifying Gender: A Step to Social Equity • Patriarchy, Politics and Women • Women and Political Participation • Women’s Participation in National Freedom Struggle • The Political Scenario in India and Women's Role • Women in Decision-making Positions in Political System • Women in the Election Process in India • Patterns of Women's Participation in Politics: The Case of Haryana • Empowerment of Women through Political Participation: With Special Reference to Madhya Pradesh • Political Parties and Women: Aspects of the Issue with Reference to the Situation in Assam • Reservation as a Strategy for Political Empowerment: The Ongoing Debate • Equality in Political Decision-making (Some Implications of the Panchayati Raj System) • Women of Bihar: Political Participation • Gender and Politics: Journey from Invisible to Visible • Index. The Title 'Women in Indian Politics written/authored/edited by Niroj Sinha', published in the year 2000. The ISBN 9788121206860 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 302 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Women Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-