TY - BOOK ID - 77925099 TI - Negotiating privately for an effective role in public space : a case study of women in Panchayats of Orissa, India PY - 2013 SN - 1443855855 9781443855853 1443852287 9781443852289 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Panchayat KW - Women politicians KW - Role conflict. KW - Support (Domestic relations) KW - Conflict (Psychology) KW - Social role KW - Politicians KW - Panchayat raj KW - Local government KW - Villages KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Maintenance (Domestic relations) KW - Divorce mediation KW - Husband and wife KW - Desertion and non-support KW - Political activity KW - Social conditions. KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77925099 AB - 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... ER -