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Author: Rehana Ghadially
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReminding us that the road to the complete empowerment of women in India is a long one, this book focuses on the globalization experiences of women from the Indian urban middle class. It covers reconstructing gender, violence, media, neo-liberal globalization, information and communication technologies, and politics.
Author: Alfred De Souza
Publisher: Delhi : Manohar Book Service
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnthology of essays on the role of women in social change in India - includes discrimination, social mobility, employment and family life, women's rights, religion, the ageing women, emigrants to the UK, etc. Bibliography pp. 253 to 258, references and statistical tables.
Author: Meenakshi Thapan
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2009-01-06
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 8178299011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book about embodiment and identity in the context of particular women’s lives in an urban setting. It is concerned with the development of a sociology of embodiment in the context of women’s lives in contemporary, urban India. The focus on embodiment is mediated by gender and class, two critical elements that constitute identity in relation to embodiment. The study is based on material collected from interviews with working class women in an urban slum and with professional, upper class women, with young women in secondary schools and from material from a women’s magazine.
Author: Rajesh Gill
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788189640613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreface. 1. Introduction. A. Urbanizing villages - the Indian experience: 2. Palsaura: an urbanizing village. 3. Governance in rural Punjab: some irritants. 4. Seventy-Fourth Constitutional Amendment and political empowerment of women in Punjab: a study in urban governance. 5. Socio-cultural transformation in rural Punjab-some case studies. B. Urban poverty - theoretical and empirical stocktaking: 6. Issues and perspectives on urban poverty: the Indian experience. 7. Urban poverty in India: theoretical understanding the policy implications. 8. Managing urban poverty: a sociological viewpoint. 9. Youth in urban slums - a sociological study in Chandigarh. C. Cities and social fabric-emerging issues: 10. Cities and ethnic identities: a case of de-ethnicization or re-ethnicization? 11. Planning urban settlements for people: a social agenda. 12. Traditional and non-traditional basis of social organisation in an urban setting. D. Gender and urban societies: issues to ponder: 13. Feminisms and post feminism: can there be a unitary feminine image? 14. Empowering women through Panchayats-stories of success and struggle from India. 15. Comprehensive security in South Asia-the gender dimension. 16. Caught between the domestic and public spheres - woman as a pendulum. E. Conclusion: 17. Emerging urban social reality-towards conceptualization. “This book fills a significant void in the field of urban sociology by addressing to the multidimensional issues concerning urbanizing societies, both rural and urban, with a special focus upon the socio cultural transformation, in Indian context. The various chapters take up both theoretical and empirical analyses on the issues such as urban planning and development, urban governance, women and urbanization, urban overty and so on.â€
Author: Dr. Chaitali Pal
Publisher: K.K. Publications
Published: 2021-09-11
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an attempt to understand the conditions of the urban women workforce in India, how it varies across regions and how the determinants of women’s work influence her varying responses in different regions and urban spatial scales. A very important sub-theme that is running throughout the book is to examine the linkages and the nature of relationships between urban women’s workforce and city size changes, especially in the megacities of India. Content · Women Workers in Urban India: An Introduction · Kaleidoscopic Connections of Women’s Workforce in Urban India, Despite Cultural Monolith · Effect of Entrenched Cultural Supremacy on Women’s Workforce: a Case Study of Uttar Pradesh · Cultural Drivers of Regional Differences in Indian Workforce · Urban Centre Hierarchy and Diverging Workforce trends · Megalopolitan Employment and Persistence of Gender Divides · Urban Women Workforce in Contemporary India: Conclusive Suggestions and Future Implications
Author: Kiran Devendra
Publisher: New Delhi : Shakti Books
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seema Pandey
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788131606728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe status of women has become an important parameter to gauge the level of development and sensitivity in any society. This book penetrates the silence that surrounds the lives of India's women. It offers a perceptive understanding of the trials faced by women from the country's state of Rajasthan, in all segments of its society - tribal, rural, and urban - and provides a comparative viewpoint of the status of women in all three segments. It is a comprehensive and holistic examination of questions relating to the rights and status of women in India. There have been infinite variations of the status, according to the cultural milieu, family structure, caste, class, property rights, etc. All these distinctions are significant determinants of variations.
Author: Sharada Rath
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Present Book Is A Compilation Of Selected Essays Focussing Attention On The Women S Search For Self-Identity And Their Struggle For Survival With Dignity, Development And Empowerment. It Deals With The Changing Identity Of Women In Social, Political And Economic Arena In Pre-Independence As Well As Post-Independence India. This Book Deals With The Problems Confronting Women From A Global Perspective As Well As From The Indian Angle Of Vision. The Main Issues Discussed Here Are Problems Facing Rural And Urban Women, Women Workers, Social Legislation Safeguarding The Interests Of Women, Their Rights, The Process Of Their Socialisation And Political Participation, Their Emancipation From Tradition-Bound Subordinate Status, And Above All Their Multi-Dimensional Development And Empowerment. The Role Played By Women In Freedom As Well As Socio-Cultural Movement In India And Abroad Has Been Dealt In Their Appropriate Context. Issue-Related And Area-Wise Studies Constitute The Chief Attraction Of The Present Work.
Author: Shakuntala Mudgal
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9788186867013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geraldine Forbes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-05-09
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521268127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author traces the history of Indian women from the nineteenth century under colonial rule, to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed their lives, enabling them to take part in public life. Through the women's own accounts, the author has compiled an accessible and immediate record of their achievements over the past two centuries, which will be of interest to students of South Asia and to anyone concerned with women and their history.
