Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India

by Sreevidya Kalaramadam

Since the mid-1980s, the presence of women in governance has become a major marker of successful democracy in global and national discourses on the democratization of society. A diverse set of nation-states have legislatively mandated gender quotas to ensure the presence of elected women representatives (EWRs) in various rungs of governance. Since 1993, the Indian state has legislated a massive program of democratization and decentralization. As...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415842646
• ISBN13: 9780415842648
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"