Negotiating privately for an effective role in public space : a case study of women in Panchayats of Orissa, India / by Hiranmayee Mishra.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; The personal is political; The 73rd amendment; Focus of the study; Summary of the chapters; CHAPTER TWO; From national independence to reservations; Women in politics, over the years; 'Towards equality' and its effects; Political parties as catalysts; The post 1991 developments and Panchayats in Orissa; Panchayats in Orissa: basic statistics; Operational structure of the decentralised system; Vertical line of control; The gendered structure of the Gram Sabha; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE; The concept of 'critical mass'

Questions of citizenshipPolitical participation; Empowerment; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR; My research and my position as a researcher; My experience with access/gatekeepers; My fieldwork and the participants; Methods and methodology; Participant observation; Focus groups; Interviews; Dealing with the data; Challenges of doing research in rural India; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE; Women's representation; Political participation of women; Invisibility of women's work and the reforms; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX; Continuous participation leads to effectiveness; Barriers in public space.

Rotation of reservationNegotiating the barriers; Barriers in private space; Dealing with the double burden; Mobility of women; Strategies/compromises; Support systems helping women's negotiations; A new perspective on empowerment; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN; The participants and their choices; Orissa Rural Employment Generation Scheme; Roads and communication; Expansion of education facilities (for girls); Sanitation and cleanliness (Nirmal Panchayats); Water supply (Swajal dhara) projects; Facilitating healthcare for women as health workers.

Bargaining with the affiliations to caste, clan or tribeConclusion; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

This book is the outcome of interdisciplinary research investigating female participation in politics in rural India. The participants were all rural and mostly illiterate women who dared to explore the public space by entering into grassroots political institutions as a result of the quota introduced in 1992. This ruling stipulated that 'no less than one third of the seats' in India's rural political units, the Panchayats, were to be filled by women, and created a social revolution in the co ...

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