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RESERVATIONS
FOR WOMEN
Meena Dhanda (Ed.)
Rs. 600 Hb 2008 81-88965-05-7
(All rights available)
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This collection of essays and excerpts brings together, for the
first time, a range of writings on the issue of affirmative
action for increasing the presence of women in Parliament and
legislative assemblies in India. A comprehensive coverage of the
debate from historical, theoretical, practical and political
perspectives locates the discussions in India within the larger
global context. The proposals discussed range from the
reservation of seats in Parliament through quotas in party
lists, to double-member constituencies. Analysis of women’s
experience as policy-makers in local government following the
73rd and 74th Amendments to the Indian Constitution are an
important argument for extending legal measures to ensure the
greater participation of women in the parliament. This book is
invaluable to all those interested in the cause of women's
enhanced representation in formal politics.
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MEENA
DHANDA
is head of Philosophy at the
University of Wolverhampton, UK. As a Commonwealth Scholar at
Balliol College, Oxford, she completed her DPhil in Philosophy
on ‘The Negotiation of Personal Identity’. Her publications
include papers on the concepts of respect, acknowledgement,
dalit identity and gender quotas; and interviews with the
feminist philosophers, Michele Le Doeuff and Iris Marion Young.
She is currently working on a research project on dalit identity. |
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