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And who will make the chapatis? : a study of all-women panchayats in Maharashtra /
All-women panchayats, which are elected institutions of local government, represent attempts by rural women to carve out a political space that will enable them to place their needs and priorities on the political agenda. Stories show how in some women are used as puppets by stronger (patriarchal) i...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Calcutta :
Stree : Distributed by Bhatkal Books International,
c1998.
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| Summary: | All-women panchayats, which are elected institutions of local government, represent attempts by rural women to carve out a political space that will enable them to place their needs and priorities on the political agenda. Stories show how in some women are used as puppets by stronger (patriarchal) interests; but in the majority women take their own decisions and implement them, often outwitting the establishment. The authors used interview-based research methods, and preserved as far as possible the immediacy of oral communication in their work, as the title, a comment by a man when he heard that a woman wanted to attend a training camp. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 141 p. ; 13 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-141). |
| ISBN: | 818560424X |