Kumud Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4588041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kumud Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kumud |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Women's Development Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Towards Equality
Handbook on Social Stratification in the BRIC Countries
Women's Studies and Higher Education
This paper reviews the evolution and development of women's studies in contemporary India from the 1970s to the present. It begins by highlighting the sense of crisis experienced at the very onset of women's studies due to the presence of multiple agendas and the lack of a history to build on. In spite of such problems, the end of the decade of the 1970s also witnessed con vergences between, for instance, sections of the women's movement and wome…
Democratising the Indian Parliament
Our chapter traces the history of arguments about women’s representation in Indian politics. These range from the debates within the Congress Party as it sketched out its political philosophy and agenda during its struggle against British rule; the discussions that continued in the Constituent Assembly of India, and then later through various commissions set up by the government of the newly independent India to assess women’s social status. In p…
Power and Representation
Recent developments in feminist politics in India indicate growing concern with under-representation of women in elected and decision-making bodies, as well as with the view that some form of reservation or affirmative action is needed to redress existing gender imbalances. The understanding of affirmative action or, in the Indian case, reservation, includes notions such as equality of opportunity, social justice, positive or protective discrimin…
Transformative Politics
This article explores how affirmative actions to increase the political representation of women in India have been translated into actual practice. The introduction defines the issue and notes that the struggle of Indian women involves a wide spectrum of issues and that, while there was scant controversy over the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments that reserved a third of seats for women in local governing bodies, the 81st C…
Power and Representation
Recent developments in feminist politics in India indicate growing concern with under-representation of women in elected and decision-making bodies, as well as with the view that some form of reservation or affirmative action is needed to redress existing gender imbalances. The understanding of affirmative action or, in the Indian case, reservation, includes notions such as equality of opportunity, social justice, positive or protective discrimin…
Women's Studies and Higher Education
This paper reviews the evolution and development of women's studies in contemporary India from the 1970s to the present. It begins by highlighting the sense of crisis experienced at the very onset of women's studies due to the presence of multiple agendas and the lack of a history to build on. In spite of such problems, the end of the decade of the 1970s also witnessed con vergences between, for instance, sections of the women's movement and wome…
Transformative Politics
This article explores how affirmative actions to increase the political representation of women in India have been translated into actual practice. The introduction defines the issue and notes that the struggle of Indian women involves a wide spectrum of issues and that, while there was scant controversy over the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments that reserved a third of seats for women in local governing bodies, the 81st C…
Towards Equality
Transformative Politics
This article explores how affirmative actions to increase the political representation of women in India have been translated into actual practice. The introduction defines the issue and notes that the struggle of Indian women involves a wide spectrum of issues and that, while there was scant controversy over the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments that reserved a third of seats for women in local governing bodies, the 81st C…
Democratising the Indian Parliament
Our chapter traces the history of arguments about women’s representation in Indian politics. These range from the debates within the Congress Party as it sketched out its political philosophy and agenda during its struggle against British rule; the discussions that continued in the Constituent Assembly of India, and then later through various commissions set up by the government of the newly independent India to assess women’s social status. In p…
Power and Representation
Recent developments in feminist politics in India indicate growing concern with under-representation of women in elected and decision-making bodies, as well as with the view that some form of reservation or affirmative action is needed to redress existing gender imbalances. The understanding of affirmative action or, in the Indian case, reservation, includes notions such as equality of opportunity, social justice, positive or protective discrimin…
Women's Studies and Higher Education
This paper reviews the evolution and development of women's studies in contemporary India from the 1970s to the present. It begins by highlighting the sense of crisis experienced at the very onset of women's studies due to the presence of multiple agendas and the lack of a history to build on. In spite of such problems, the end of the decade of the 1970s also witnessed con vergences between, for instance, sections of the women's movement and wome…
Handbook on Social Stratification in the BRIC Countries
Towards Equality
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works)