Contemporary Indian Women Modernization And Women S Development

Dynamics Of Social Status Of Women Is The Most Researched Subject Today In Developing Countries Like India Where Women'S Quest For Equality With Men Has BecomeThe Need Of The Hour. However, We Need Integrated Approach For The Upliftment Of Women Which Pre-Supposes Knowledge About Different Aspects Of Women'S Life.An Attempt Has Been Made In This Six Volumes Set To Highlight Some Of The BurningIssues Related To Indian Women. The Themes Covered In This Set Are As Under: Vol. 1: Modernization And Women;S DevelopmentVol. 2: Violence And ExploitationVol. 3: Kinship, Family And MarriageVol. 4: Politics, Awareness And Women'S MovementsVol. 5: Eduation And HealthVol. 6: Changing Status And Emerging Problems

Contain`S 54 Contributions In The Following Fields - The Girl Child And Status Of Women - Women In Development And Gender Equality - Women`S Education And Career Development - Women Empowerment - Women And Rural Development - Women And Social Development - Women, Human Resource Management And Media.

This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book pays particular attention to whether the international policy language of gender mainstreaming has been adopted by the Indian state, and if so, to what extent and with what results. The author examines how these issues play out at multiple levels of governance – at both the national and the subnational (state) level in federal India. This comparative aspect is particularly important in the context of increasing autonomy in development policymaking in India in the 1990s, divergent development policy approaches and outcomes among states, and the emerging importance of subnational state development policies and programmes for women in this period. The author argues that the state is not a monolith but a heterogeneous, internally differentiated collection of institutions, which offers complex and varying opportunities and consequences for feminists engaging the state. Demonstrating that the Indian empirical case is illuminating for studies of the gendered politics of development, and international debates on gender mainstreaming, the book highlights the politics of negotiating gender equality strategies in the contemporary context of neo-liberal development and brings together complex issues of modernity, postcolonialism, identity politics, federalism, and equality within the broader context of the world’s largest democracy. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in the politics of gender equality, state feminism, and gender mainstreaming; federalism and multi-level governance; and development studies and gender in South Asia.

Through their own accounts, the author traces the history of Indian women from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence.

"In many societies across the world, women are discriminated against by law and by customs, rendering them among the vulnerable and disadvantaged social groups. While gender is at the centre, the issues discussed in this volume range from modernity to empowerment. The volume presents the women issues in their holistic perspective underlying and highlighting the dilemmas of women development. Besides, it also offers a competent critique of models of feminism the issues discussed in the book have become increasingly important over the years. The volume will benefit the social scientists, social activists, researchers and government functionaries alike."

In Indian context.