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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...

Women --- Panchayat --- Women politicians --- Role conflict. --- Support (Domestic relations) --- Conflict (Psychology) --- Social role --- Politicians --- Panchayat raj --- Local government --- Villages --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Maintenance (Domestic relations) --- Divorce mediation --- Husband and wife --- Desertion and non-support --- Political activity --- Social conditions. --- Law and legislation