Decolonizing democracy: transforming the social contract in India

Introduction : decolonizing democracy -- Fraternalist and paternalist approaches to colonial rule -- Resistant convergences : anticolonial feminist nationalism -- Framing the postcolonial social contract -- Challenging political marginalization : The women's reservation bill -- Legal pluralism...

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Autor principal: Keating, Christine (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University Press c 2011
En:Año: 2011
Disponibilidad en Tübingen:Disponible en Tübingen.
UB: 52 A 9225
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Palabras clave:
Women's Rights > India
Women > Legal status, laws, etc > India
Feminism > India
Constitutional history > India
Social Contract
Indien > Frauenemanzipation > Gleichberechtigung > Geschichte 1947-
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Sumario:Introduction : decolonizing democracy -- Fraternalist and paternalist approaches to colonial rule -- Resistant convergences : anticolonial feminist nationalism -- Framing the postcolonial social contract -- Challenging political marginalization : The women's reservation bill -- Legal pluralism and gender justice -- Conclusion : building a nondomination contract
"Analyzes the movement for Indian independence, the framing of the Indian Constitution, and contemporary contestations over women's legal and political status as crucial moments of transition in which feminist and other progressive activists in India have challenged racialized and gendered underpinnings of democracy's social contract"--Provided by publisher
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:IX, 155 S., Ill.
ISBN:9780271048635
0271048638
0721048633
9780721048642