Women and Economic Development
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Women and Economic Theory: 1. Towards an alternative general theory of employment, work and wages/Yasodha Shanmugasundaram. 2. Gender based labour market segmentation: some theoretical formulations/Seema Singh. 3. Changing role of gender in economic theory/K. Thiruvenkatachari and S. Lakshmi. 4. Patriarchy--influcence on Adam Smith's writings/T. Jyothi Rani and H. Girija Rani. 5. A comparative analysis of the contribution of genders to economic theory: a case study of India/R.K. Rana. 6. Household labour: concepts and quantification/Saswati Ghosh. II. Women and Economic Development: 7. Women and their interaction in sustainable development/Dhulasi Birundha Varadarajan. 8. Role of women in economic development of India/Deepa Shrivastava. 9. Optimising the role of human beings in economic development/Raj Kumar Sen. 10. The role of women in economic development/Sukumar Basu. 11. Education and political status of Indian women--key of economic development/Ram Naresh Thakur. 12. Women's movements in India during 20th century/T. Jyothi Rani, K. Katyayani and H. Girija Rani. 13. Women as agents of economic development: their economic activities and reproductive behaviour/Bharati Chowdhury (nee Roy). 14. Growth of population and the role of women in India/Dhirendra Nath Konar. 15. An econometric analysis of determinants of fertility/Yamini Utreja and A.S. Guleria. III. Women and Rural Development: 16. Economics of gender discrimination: a case study of rural India/S.G. Gambhir. 17. Self-employment for rural women--need for "credit plus" approach/N. Lalitha. 18. Wage structure of women in primary sector--an occupation-wise analysis of Tamil Nadu/N. Rajalakshmi.
IV. Women and the Law: 19. Gender and the law--an economic dimension/Anita Banerji. V. Women and Emerging Technology: 20. Women: technology and development/Harihar Bhakta. 21. Emerging technologies in Mass Media of Communication and and its impact on women's culture and development. VI. Women and Entrepreneurship: 22. Gender afflictions in entrepreneurship--Indian context/Kishori Lal. 23. Post-Independence growth and development of women entrepreneurship/S.K.G. Sundaram. VII. Women and Labour Market: 24. An economic analysis of gender discrimination in labour market/N. Manonmoney. 25. Role of women in economic development and female labour force participation/R. Cauvery and U.K. Sudha Nayak. 26. Status of scheduled caste women labourers/Veerashekarappa. 27. Gender specified discrimination in labour: employment and earnings/V.S. Sathe. 28. Male and female labour participation: a study of Burdwan and Bankura in West Bengal/Bikas Chakrabarti. 29. Gender-poverty nexus in the informal sector/R. Cauvery and U.K. Sudha Nayak. 30. Status of working women in organised Banking Sector in Madras Metropolis/R. Meenakshi. 31. Dynamics of social transformation: a study of women mat weavers in Midnapore District of West Bengal/S.N. Sau, A.K. Ghosh and J. Das. 32. Occupational distribution of women workers in Tiruchirapalli District of Tamil Nadu/S. Lakshmi. 33. A socio-economic profile of the women construction workers of Hyderabad City/M. Atchi Reddy. Index.
"This book "Women and Economic Development" is an edited volume consisting of 33 articles written on various aspects of this important subject. These articles are grouped under the following seven sub-themes : Women and Economic Theory; Women and Economic Development; Women and the Rural India; Women in the Legal perspective; Women and Technology; Women Entrepreneurs in India; Women and Labour Market. Covering a wide area of women studies, these articles focus both on international and national aspects of the issues with special reference to the Indian economy and its development. Contributors ranging from senior scholars to young researchers have helped to make this volume an important addition to the growing literature on this subject of crucial importance." (jacket)
