This book raises the conceptual issues of women emancipation vis-a-vis women empowerment focusing on the women of the northeast India. There is epistemic difference between the two concepts and therefore a distinction is made between the two. Empowerment in this book is however seen mainly as a trajectory for women’s emancipation. The approach of the book is empirical with a realistic conceptual base. This book highlights the roles of the state, civil society, community based organizations and the women agencies towards the wider cause of emancipation of women in the northeastern region and reflects upon the different initiatives towards the goal of emancipation of the women of the northeast. Some of the articles in this book give useful recommendations that might be of strategic significance for the emancipation of the poor and the disadvantaged women in northeast India. This book is an important addition to the literature on women studies in this region and has great use value to the academic community, social activists, women agencies, policy makers and to development administrators.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asok Kumar Ray
Dr. Asok Kumar Ray. 1951. Served as a teacher of Political Science in undergraduate classes under Manipur University for 18 years. Awarded Ph.D. Degree for working on tribal political system. Published the first book 'Authority and Legitimacy -A Study of the Thandou Kukis of Manipur. Published and presented as many as fifty five research papers on inter-disciplinary areas of social science. Worked in close association with Education Department and Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Manipur, and produced archival materials on Kuki Rebellion (from Calcutta & Dishpur Achieves) and a Bibliography on the Tribes of Manipur respectively. Prepared Bibliography on Structural Adjustment and New Economic Policy. (Mimeographed). The author is a Life Member of -NEICSSR, Shillong & Indian Sociological Society.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Basudeb Dutta Ray
Dr. Basudeb Dutta Ray is a freedom fighter and pioneer of social science research in northeast India. He is the founder secretary of North-east India Council for social Science Research, Shillong. He has authored four books namely: 'Administrative History of North East India'; 'Tribal Identity and Tension in North East India' and 'Tribal Occupational Mobility in North East India'. He has creditably edited as many as eighteen books on northeast India. More than fifty research articles of Dr. Dutta Ray have been published in various academic journals and newspapers.
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