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The limits of tolerance and equality,or towards a 'new tolerance' and equality
eSocialSciences - 2006
view issues of gender, sect, class and colonial state formation. The tentative intersectional theoretical framework …
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Gender, Caste, Class, and Health Care Access
Iyer, Aditi - eSocialSciences - 2005
opportunities for a gender analysis along the crosscutting axes of caste, class, age and life stage. Such an exercise is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487804
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Formalizing the Informal Economy: Women’s Autonomous Self-Employment in Rural South India
Watson, Samantha - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper considers the effects of contemporary restructuring of women and men’s employment in rural south India alongside ongoing efforts to recast India’s poor rural women as entrepreneurs. This study takes advantage of data from the year 2000 in the Indian National Sample...
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Nepal: Elusive Democracy and Uncertain Political System
Baral, Lok Raj - eSocialSciences - 2012
Persistence and breakdowns of democracy are the dominant features of Nepali politics.Democracy continues to be attractive amidst setbacks and discontinuity. So it remains perennially elusive, despite having undergone democratic upheavals. Some significant variables such as ideology, essence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133112
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Research Study on Women’s Empowerment, Good-governance and Decentralisation : Assuring Women’s Participation in Panchayats of Two Backward Districts of Northern Part of West Bengal
Sarkar, Dilip Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2012
The study focused on the factors and forces behind the participation of women in Panchayat Structure specially after the seventy third Constitution Amendment Act. The role performance, role awareness and role perception of the elected women Panchayats have been explored to understand the impact...
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Children not included in "Inclusive‟ Budget: Where is the "Aam Bachcha†in the Budget, Mr FM?
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2010
Finance Minister’s Pranab Mukherjee’s “inclusive†Budget 2010-11 does not include children, who are over 42 per … cent of the population. Out of every rupee spent in the budget, he has allotted only 4.63 paise to children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008464833
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Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age
Chester, Jeff; Montgomery, Kathryn - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695999
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Forgotten Youth: Disability and Development in India
Singal, Nidhi - eSocialSciences - 2008
In 2001, it is estimated that 270 million Indians belonged in the 12-24 years age group. While attention is being focused on these young people’s potential for social transformation, some of them – such as those with disabilities – remain alienated from mainstream debates on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696026
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Untold Stories: The Human Face of Poverty Dynamics
Prowse, Martin - eSocialSciences - 2008
The policy brief describes the life stories of five people, to show the face of human face of chronic poverty. It also suggests that such life history material can be an important source of data for policies.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699035
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Backward and Forward Linkages that Strengthen Primary Education
Ramachandran, Vimala - eSocialSciences - 2008
The active participation of children in primary education hinges on a plethora of factors. Physical access is just one … dimension. Children do not attend school regularly, and even if they do, they do not learn very much because of a range of … of teachers and quality of schools. Once children reach school, a variety of factors determine whether they will continue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699042