Social Movement, Action and Change: The Influence of Women's Movements on City Government in Mumbai and London

This article reports on a research investigation into gender and local government in Mumbai in India and London in England. In both these cities female representation at the political level stands at around one third, achieved in London slowly in recent years and in Mumbai more rapidly through the a...

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Main Author: Jim Barry, Trudie Honour and Sneha Palnitkar
Format: Printed Book
Published: Gender, Work and Organization. Vol. 11 No. 2 March 2004 2004
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001765.pdf
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