B.S. Baviskar
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Arvindbhai Manilal Shah, b. 1931, Indian sociologist; contributed articles.
"This book--the second in the series of five volumes in honour of eminent sociologist and social anthropologist, M.N. Srinivas--focuses on the changing status of women in Indian society. The distinguished contributors cover a wide range of issues concerning women. These include the gender bias in development policies; women's participation in production processes in rural as well as urban settings; socio-cultural dimensions of women's education during the ...
Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance : Field Studies from Rural India is a product of a rare national-level study conducted in forty two panchayats across twelve states to reveal how democratic decentralization is working in Indian villages. This is done through stories of empowerment as well as discrimination against women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The contributors have adopted a unique research methodology which may set a ...