The present study consists the highly acclaimed concept of women empowerment among the tribals. It argues that the tribal social structure is different from hierarchical caste Hindu structure. In fact, there are multiple ethnic groups in the country, such as caste, tribe, linguistic and religious sects and each structural unit has its own identity and therefore autonomy. It is with this perspective that the present study examines the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, which gives political decentralization to the tribal women. It is for the first that the author has examined the tribal women power situation within the political institution of Panchayati Raj. She has made a thorough post-mortem of ground roots reality through sustained field work. What makes the present study is a pioneering work in its perspective of disempowerment. All through the work, the author argues that the tribal women have taken caste women as their modus of imitation due to long and continuous interaction provided by Panchayati Raj institutions. Disempowerment obviously is the process of Hinduising the tribal women and pushing them to the Hindu fundamentalism which is the root of our present day ethnic conflicts.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Zenab Banu
Zenab Banu obtained her doctorate in 1978. Since then she had been teaching post-graduate and M.Phil classes and doing research in the field of Indian Government and Politics. She has completed several research projects sponsored by various national institutions such as UGC, CSSR, TRI, etc. Her published works include Politics of Communication; Immigrant Groups: A New Virus for Communal Violence in India; Decline and Fall of Indian Politics (ed.) and Tribal Women Empowerment and Gender Issues. Her articles have been published in several journals including Economic and Political Weekly. She has membership of various professional bodies in the field of political science and is an active participant in voluntary organizations striving for promoting communal harmony. At present She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
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Disempowerment of Tribal Women
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1st ed.
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8173916462
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viii+209p., Tables; References; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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