Women and Social Reform in Modern India

Women and Social Reform in Modern India
Author: Sumit Sarkar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2008
Genre: Social change
ISBN: 025335269X

An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history

Changing Status and Role of Women in Indian Society

Changing Status and Role of Women in Indian Society
Author: C. Chakrapani
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1994
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9788185880273

The Multi-disciplinary and comprehensive collection of articles presented in this volume provides a valuable discussion on the status and role of the women in development of the society. Till recently, women were treated on a different pedestal, depriving them of their rights but reminding them of their duties. But with the changing times, the role of women has changed from child bearing and rearing to bread earner. This book brings under one cover the role of women in the changing society and their changing roles under the broad categories of Health, Education, Employment, Politics, Popular Movements and Development.

Women Changing India

Women Changing India
Author: Urvashi Butalia
Publisher: Zubaan Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9788189884970

"Conceived and published with the support of BNP Paribas"--P. facing t.p.

Women of India

Women of India
Author: Harshida Pandit
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-04-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351869922

The status and position of Indian women have undergone many changes since the high status they enjoyed in the Vedic era yielded to forced suicide during the dark ages, female infanticide, purdah, child marriages and the denial of property and political rights. This book, first published in 1985, provides a comprehensive annotated bibliography to hose years, and the years that followed of the relentless liberation struggle by women on the socio-political and legal fronts.

Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India

Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India
Author: Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1783082690

The pace of socioeconomic transformation in India over the past two and a half decades has been formidable. This volume sheds light on how these transformations have played out at the level of everyday life to influence the lives of Indian women, and gender relations more broadly. Through ethnographically grounded case studies, the authors portray the contradictory and contested co-existence of discrepant gendered norms, values and visions in a society caught up in wider processes of sociopolitical change. ‘Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India’ moves the debate on gender and social transformation into the domain of everyday life to arrive at locally embedded and detailed, ethnographically informed analyses of gender relations in real-life contexts that foreground both subtle and not-so-subtle negotiations and contestations.

Social Structure and Change

Social Structure and Change
Author: A M Shah
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1996-08-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

A discussion of Indian women's status in society focusing on the familial domain and the external forces that impinge on it. The seven essays were written to honor the work of sociologist M.N. Srinivas and reflect many of his views regarding the changing roles of women in a developing society. Among the topics discussed in the collection are those involving the survival and nurturance of the girl child, her access to education and participation in productive activity, and her right to natal property. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions: Evidence from India

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions: Evidence from India
Author: Klaus Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2007
Genre: Access to information
ISBN:

Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention has been devoted to the fact that, in the longer-term, the measures used to implement land reforms, especially rental restrictions, could negatively affect productivity. Use of state level data on rental restrictions, together with a nationally representative survey from India suggests that, contrary to original intentions, rental restrictions negatively affect productivity and equity by reducing scope for efficiency-enhancing rental transactions that benefit poor producers. Simulations suggest that, by doubling the number of producers with access to land through rental, from about 15 million currently, liberalization of rental markets could have far-reaching impacts.

Women Workers in Urban India

Women Workers in Urban India
Author: Saraswati Raju
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107133289

""Discusses the role of women workers who are joining the workforce in the cityscape and bringing to surface the contradictions that this assumption offers"--Provided by publisher"--