Women and Panchayati Raj

Contents: Preface. 1. Women and Panchayati Raj. 2. Beginning of a silent revolution. 3. Women\'s participation in social and political affairs. 4. Legislative and constitutional support for decentralization. 5. Reservation for women in Union. 6. Women and local self-government. 7. Women leaders in local bodies. 8. Women\'s Reservations Bill. 9. Women\'s role in Gram Panchayats. 10. Panchayats and decentralized development. 11. Constitutionalisation of Panchayati Raj. Bibliography. Index.

From the Preface: "India is perhaps the first country to recognize this social fact underlined by Lenin on the International Working Women\'s Day in 1921, and to have taken concrete measures to draw women into leadership positions and thereby into politics by giving them on-third reservation in what may now be called the third tier of governance--The Panchayati Raj.

Here in the present book, the author have compiled valuable information about Women and Panchayati Raj Institutions at work in India. The readings contained herein will satiate the academic debate over the theme."