Women\'s Role in Politics in Modern World

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Representation in politics and power. 3. Women and election process. 4. Women and Panchayati Raj. 5. Women and legislator. 6. Participation in political movements. 7. Political status of women. 8. Constitutional rights of women in India. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

"Women everywhere hold some measure of influence, or informal power. The degree varies with the gender system of their culture, the status of the class, caste, race, or religious sect to which they belong, the state laws under which they live, the economic and political position their nation holds in the international structure of power, and their personal attributes and life histories. Everywhere some women may hold more power, in the sense of the interpersonal influence they exert, than the men with whom they associate. However, except within rare enclaves of still semi-autonomous egalitarian cultures, women as a category nowhere hold formal power or publicly recognised authority equivalent to that held by men. This book highlights all important issues regarding women\'s role in politics in modern world." (jacket)