Title: Gendering governance or governing women? : politics, patriarchy, and democratic decentralisation in Kerala state, India

Authors: Anitha, S.

Place: Thiruvananthapuram

Publisher: Centre for development studies (CDS)

Year: 2008

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, political participation, local government, women in politics, kerala, india

Abstract: Results of a research on the effects of decentralization and women’s political participation and representation in Kerala, India, are reported. The focus is on women in formal institutions and local government, women at the interface of politics & development, and women in oppositional struggles.

URL: http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/12442186771Gendering_Governance_Kerala.pdf

Document type: Portal