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CHANGING THE TERMS OF THE DISCOURSE
Gender, Equality and the Indian
State
Edited and introduced by Kumud Sharma
General Editor: Vina Mazumdar
[available
with PEARSON]
Women, Equality and the Republic:
Landmarks in the Indian Story is a series dedicated
to tracing the history of the women's movement in
India vis-a-vis Indi an
democracy and the building of a modern nation. This
series recognizes the need to archive women's
voices, roles and contributions in a largely male
dominated national history. The volumes in the
series not only document but also analyse the
evolution of ideas and strategies and the concrete
measures that were taken to shape policies and
programmes for women in India.
A powerful instrument for maintaining
the marginalization of women in post-colonial India
was their invisibility in intellectual discourses.
With the development of women's studies as a subject
of learning since 1975, critical discourses on
women's issues came to be recognized. The discourses
showed that the goals and objectives of gender
equity and justice require continuous efforts to
address and reduce sources of distress, exclusions,
vulnerabilities, causes of poverty, violence against
women and silences in public policy matters.
Changing the Terms of the Discourse:
Gender, Equality and the Indian State captures the
milestones, collective memories and unsettled
questions in these debates on women and development.
The volume gathers discourses that look beyond
women's status as a social and cultural phenomenon
alone, providing students and scholars with
perspectives on diverse women's issues from
sociology, political science and economics.
The international dimensions reported
in the volume, which bring holistic perspectives on
women's issues vis-a-vis their advancement and their
role in national development, will provide valuable
insights to scholars of gender and development
studies. This volume challenges the effectiveness of
the existing national policies, showing the
considerable gap between stated national goals and
actual achievements-an analysis which will also
provide valuable guidance to policymakers.
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