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In patriarchal societies, all over the world, women experience subordination on a daily basis regardless of the class to which they belong. Women have been treated as the 'other' who required subordination, control and differential treatment. Whether it is economic security, food security, health security, personal or political security, women and young girls are affected in very specific ways due to their physical, emotional and material differences and also due ...
In the developing world, rural communities are central to the entire process of development. As consumers, they create demand for goods and services and as participants they make things happen. However, rural communities can be passive recipients of benefits of development as well. Their participation depends on their own perception about the context and content of development initiative, the benefits that would accrue to them and the extent to which their ...
This most comprehensive and up-to-date documentary study traces the evolution and course of political, economic/trade, military/defence and nuclear dimensions of US relations with Pakistan from 1947 to 2006. This volume discusses how Pakistan became the most allied ally of the United States during the Cold War and received substantial economic and military assistance. The study examines the cooling off of their relations in the early 1960s, the Nixon ...
This timely volume chronicles the transition of Indo-US relations from one between estranged democracies to a "strategic partnership" in the 21st century. It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date documentary study of the political, economic/trade, military/defence and nuclear dimensions of US relations with India from 1947 to 2006. The study discusses the overall strands and nuances in relations between India and the United States during the Cold War ...