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References and Further Reading

Afshar, Haleh. ed. 1987. Women, State
and Ideology.
Studies from Africa and Asia. London and New York: Routledge.

Agnihotri, I. and V. Mazumdar. July 22, 1995. "Changing Terms of Political Discourse: Women's Movement in India, 1970s­1990s" Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. xxx, No. 29. pp. 1869­1878.

Akerkar, S. 1995. "Theory and Practice of Women's Movement in India: A Discourse Analysis", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. xxx, No. 27, 1995. pp. WS-2-WS-22.

Alvarez, S. 1990. Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women's Movements in Transition Politics. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Bjorkman, James W. 1987. "India: Party, Personality and Dynasty", in Alan Ware, ed. Political Parties. Oxford: Blackwell.

Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi. 1983. Indian Women's Battle for Freedom. New Delhi: Abhinav Press.

CWDS (Center for Women's Development Studies). 1994. Confronting Myriad Oppressions: The Western Regional Experience. New Delhi.

CWDS. 1995. Towards Beijing: A Perspective from the Indian Women's Movement. New Delhi.

GOI (Government of India) Publications ­ DWCD (Department of Women and Child Development) 1988. "National Perspective Plan for Women 1988­2000." New Delhi.

Hoskyns, C. and S. Rai. 1996. "Gender, Class and Representation: India and the European Union", Paper presented at the 1996 Political Studies Association Conference. Glasgow, 10 April.

Joshi, P. 1989. Gandhi on Women. New Delhi: Navjivan Press.

Kumar, Radha. 1989. "Contemporary Indian Feminism". Feminist Review, No. 3, Autumn. pp. 20­29.

Kymlicka, W. 1995. Multicultural Citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Liddle, J. and R. Joshi. 1986. Daughters of Independence. New Delhi: Kali for Women.

Phillips, A. 1991. Engendering Democracy. Cambridge: Polity.

Rai, S. M. 1995. "Women and Public Power: Women in the Indian Parliament". IDS Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3, July.

Rai, S. M. 1995. "Women Negotiating Boundaries: Gender, Law, and the Indian State". Social and Legal Studies, Vol. 4,
No. 3, September.

Sarkar, T. and U. Butalia. eds. 1995.
Women and Right-Wing Movements: Indian Experiences. London: Zed Press.

Swarup, H. L., Niroj Sinha, Chitra Ghosh, Pam Rajput. 1994. "Women's Political Engagement in India", In B. Nelson and N. Chowdhury. eds. Women and Politics Worldwide. London: Yale University Press.


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