Marie Michael Library

Title

Power vs. representation: feminist dilemmas, ambivalent state and the debate on reservation for women in India

Author

Sharma, Kumud

Description

The report discusses reservation for women in India and the questions it raises: egalitarianism and the under-representation of women, interest-group politics and the political inclusion and exclusion of certain group interests, etc.

File No

CWDS-O28

Agency

Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS)

Date

1998

Subject(s)

Women, Legal status, India