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Performing representation : women members in the Indian Parliament / Shirin M. Rai, Carole Spary.
LIBRA HQ1236.5.I4 R35 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rai, Shirin M., author.
- Spary, Carole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India. Parliament--Officials and employees.
- India.
- India. Parliament.
- Women legislators--India.
- Women legislators.
- Women--Political activity--India.
- Women.
- Women--Political activity.
- India--Politics and government--1947-.
- Politics and government.
- Employees.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 398 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 The Making of Parliament as a Gendered Site of Representation p. 29
- 2 Pathways to Parliament p. 59
- 3 Contesting Elections: Women's Candidacy for the Lok Sabha p. 80
- 4 Representative Women? Presence and Performance of Intersectionality p. 123
- 5 Women Members of Parliament: Presence and Participation in Parliamentary Debates p. 168
- 6 The Parliamentary Committee for the Empowerment of Women p. 210
- 7 Follow the Money: Expenses and Expenditure p. 240
- 8 Narratives of Politics and Leadership p. 274
- 9 Sustaining Participation p. 298.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-389) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199489053
- 019948905X
- OCLC:
- 1078534190
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