Book 2011

Decolonizing Democracy

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Language: English
Published: 2011

Constitutional history
Social contract
Feminism
Women's rights
Legal status, laws
Women
Women, legal status, laws, etc.
Constitutional history, india

"Analyzes the movement for Indian independence, the framing of the Indian Constitution, and contemporary contestations over women's legal and political status as crucial moments of transition in which feminist and other progressive activists in India have challenged racialized and gendered underpinnings of democracy's social contract"--Provided by publisher.