Gender, Development, and the State in India

by Carole Spary

Book Overview

This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book pays particular attention to whether the international policy language of gender mainstreaming has been adopted by the Indian state, and if so, to what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415610605
• ISBN13: 9780415610605
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"