From Oppression to Assertion: Women and Panchayats in India

By Nirmala Buch

Book Overview

The book explores the experiences, impact and responses of the critical number of rural women who entered the panchayats in India with one-third reservation through a Constitutional Amendment. It captures the empowering impact on women, attitudes of the family and responses of other social institutions

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415596319
• ISBN13: 9780415596312
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"