Essays about: "indian rural life"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words indian rural life.

  1. 6. Familial Power Relations, Issues of Gender and Son Preference in Rural South India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ida Bohman; [2007]
    Keywords : Gender; India; Son preference; Transformation; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study deals with the impact of overall processes of societal change on already existing patriarchal structures in Indian society by investigating the phenomenon of son preference and daughter discrimination. In India the natural biological sex ratio of slightly more females than males in the population is reversed, predominantly in the youngest age group. READ MORE

  3. 7. 'THE TWO-SIDED FAMILY' : THE IMPACT OF THE FAMILY AND EVERYDAY LIFE ON WOMEN?S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN RURAL KARNATAKA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Louise Nolle; [2007]
    Keywords : India; women; political participation; the family; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study has been to explore the impact of everyday life and the family on women's political participation in India. This has been done by analysing the political life stories of nine women who have all been elected to the local governance system, Panchayati Raj, in the South Indian state of Karnataka. READ MORE