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The dynamics of Indian politics is reflected in the flexible and fluctuating relations between the centre and the states. This book is one of the first to explore the participation of women in state and local politics in India and how women navigate the dynamic space of the Indian political system.
List of contents
Introduction 1. Women and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir 2. Women in Haryana Politics 3. Women in Punjab Politics: Missing Voiceless Inactive 4. Women in Politics of Uttar Pradesh
5. Women in Politics in Himachal Pradesh 6. Women and State Politics in Haryana 7. Kerala: Beyond the Politicking of Gender Politics 8. Women in Karnataka's Politics 9. Women in Telangana State Politics and Struggles 10. Women in Goa's Politics 11. Maharashtra: Engendering the Dilemmas of Democratic Politics 12. Women and Politics in Gujarat 13. Women and Politics in Maharashtra 14. Women in Madhya Pradesh's Politics 15. Women Legislators in Rajasthan: A Paradoxical Scenario 16. Women in State Politics in West Bengal 17. Engendering Bihar Politics: Myth or Reality? 18. Women in State Politics in Sikkim 19. The Landscape of Inadequate Assertion: Women in Bihar Politics 20. Gender Dynamics in Electoral Politics in Assam
About the author
Pam Rajput is Professor Emeritus at Panjab University, Chandigarh; Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Chair and Professor of Political Science, and Founder Director of the Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Chandigarh. She has been a Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan; Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) South Africa; and a number of Canadian universities under the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute's visiting professor programme. Her publications (co-authored/co-edited) include
Women and Globalisation, Narratives of Women's Studies. In addition to her academic profile, Rajput chaired the Government of India High-Level Committee on the Status of Women.
Usha Thakkar is President of the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai. She retired as Professor and Head at the Department of Political Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. She has done her post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and Canada, on a WID fellowship from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai has conferred her with an Honorary Fellowship. Her publications (authored/co-authored/co-edited) include
Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942,
Gandhi in Bombay: Towards Swaraj,
Women in Indian Society, and
Culture and the Making of Identity in Contemporary India.
Summary
The dynamics of Indian politics is reflected in the flexible and fluctuating relations between the centre and the states. This book is one of the first to explore the participation of women in state and local politics in India and how women navigate the dynamic space of the Indian political system.
