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   Dazzling the World: A Study of India's Constitutional Amendment Mandating Reservations for Women on Rural Panchayats

   Harmon, Louise, and Eileen Kaufman. 2004. "Dazzling the World: A Study of India's Constitutional Amendment Mandating Reservations for Women on Rural Panchayats." Berkeley Women's Law Journal 19 (1): 32-105.

   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Quotas, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: democracy, local government, constitutional design, political institutions

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   Creating Citizens Who Demand Just Governance: Gender and Development in the Twenty-first Century

   Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee. 2003. “Creating Citizens Who Demand Just Governance: Gender and Development in the Twenty-first Century.” Gender & Development 11 (3): 45-56.

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   Topics: Citizenship, Civil Society, Development, Gender, Women, Governance Regions: Africa, Southern Africa, Asia, South Asia Countries: Bangladesh, India, South Africa

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   Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Redistribution: The Case of the Indian Panchayats

   Rai, Shirin M. 2007. “Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Redistribution: The Case of the Indian Panchayats.” Hypatia 22 (4): 64–80. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01320.x.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

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   Engendering Grassroots Democracy: Research, Training, and Networking for Women in Local Self-Governance in India

   Sekhon, Joti. 2006. “Engendering Grassroots Democracy: Research, Training, and Networking for Women in Local Self-Governance in India.” NWSA Journal 18 (2): 101–22. doi:10.1353/nwsa.2006.0041.

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   Topics: Caste, Class, Democracy / Democratization, Education, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: feminist politics, grassroots democracy, participatory democracy, women in politics, women's community-based activism, women and political participation in India, women in panchayati raj or local self-governance in India, feminist networks, gender and grassroots politics

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   Tokenism or Agency? The Impact of Women’s Reservations on Village Democracies in South India

   Ban, Radu, and Vijayendra Rao. 2008. “Tokenism or Agency? The Impact of Women’s Reservations on Village Democracies in South India.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 56 (3): 501-530. 

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

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   Gender and Conflict Transformation: Nagaland and Egypt

   Goswami, Triveni. 2007. Gender and Conflict Transformation: Nagaland and Egypt. New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House.

   Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Governance, Political Participation Regions: Africa, MENA, North Africa, Asia, South Asia Countries: Egypt, India

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   Women and Local Power in India and China: Revisiting the Ghosts of Manu and Confucius

   Mohanty, Bidyut. 2007. “Women and Local Power in India and China: Revisiting the Ghosts of Manu and Confucius.” In Grass-Roots Democracy in India and China: The Right to Participate, edited by Manoranjan Mohanty, George Mathew, Richard Baum, and Ma Rong, 293-319. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Political Participation, Religion Regions: Asia, East Asia, South Asia Countries: China, India

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   Panchayati Raj, 73rd Constitutional Amendment and Women

   Mohanty, Bidyut. 1995. “Panchayati Raj, 73rd Constitutional Amendment and Women.” Economic and Political Weekly 30 (52): 3346-50.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Constitutions Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

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   India: Implementing Sex Equality Through Law

   Nussbaum, Martha C. 2001. “India: Implementing Sex Equality Through Law.” Chicago Journal of International Law 2 (1): 35–58.

   Topics: Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Constitutions, Rights, Human Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: gender inequality, discrimination, social inequality

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    Cross-Border Trafficking in Nepal and India—Violating Women’s Rights

    Deane, Tameshnie. 2010. “Cross-Border Trafficking in Nepal and India—Violating Women’s Rights.” Human Rights Review 11 (4): 491-513.

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    Topics: Corruption, Gender, Women, Girls, Governance, Rights, Human Rights, Sexual Violence, Sexual Slavery, Trafficking, Sex Trafficking Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India, Nepal Keywords: Trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, slavery, sale of humans, human rights

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