The empowerment of women in India :
Purushothaman, Sangeetha, 1963-
The empowerment of women in India : grassroots women's networks and the state / Sangeetha Purushothaman. - New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1997. - 384 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Charles Tilly -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Material Conditions Shaping Grassroots Women's Lives and their Organizations -- 3. The Formation of the Swayam Shikshan Prayog Network -- 4. A Reconceptualization of Social Movement Theory in the Context of Women's Organizations in India -- 5. The Community Participation Approach -- 6. Engendering the State -- 7. The Process and Outcomes of Interaction in the Swayam Shikshan Prayog -- 8. Conclusions.
0803993951 080399396X
97031053
Women--Political activity--India.
Women political activists--India.
Social movements--India.
HQ1236.5.I4 / P87 1997
305.420954 / PUE 1998
The empowerment of women in India : grassroots women's networks and the state / Sangeetha Purushothaman. - New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1997. - 384 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Charles Tilly -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Material Conditions Shaping Grassroots Women's Lives and their Organizations -- 3. The Formation of the Swayam Shikshan Prayog Network -- 4. A Reconceptualization of Social Movement Theory in the Context of Women's Organizations in India -- 5. The Community Participation Approach -- 6. Engendering the State -- 7. The Process and Outcomes of Interaction in the Swayam Shikshan Prayog -- 8. Conclusions.
0803993951 080399396X
97031053
Women--Political activity--India.
Women political activists--India.
Social movements--India.
HQ1236.5.I4 / P87 1997
305.420954 / PUE 1998