About the Book Emergence and growth of women activists in reaction to socio-economic political patriarchal structure is a striking feature of the contemporary social reality. It is due to women activists and their activities that women's movement is a living reality which otherwise would have been an abstract concept. Although attempts have been made to understand women's movement, through their organisations, yet the study of activists, pivotal in understanding women's movement, has been neglected.
In the Book Indian Women Activists, the Author has endeavoured to provide a sociological analysis of activism concentrating mainly on social backgrounds, value orientations and activities of women activists pertaining to women's question.
The study is based on a survey conducted in the city of Delhi in the year 1990-91 by means of in-depth interviews as well as observations both participant and non-participant.
The Author has given suggestions for the State policy to raise women's status and for further research in this field.
This is a very useful book for the sociologists and those interested in the welfare of women.
About the Author Neelu Kang is a lecturer in Sociology at the Government College, Ropar. She was awarded Punjab University Medal in 1986 for standing First Class First in M.A. (Sociology) and Ph.D. degree in 1993 for her work on "Women Activists." Her paper on "Women Activists and Violence against Women" was presented at the Fifteenth International Sociological Congress held at Belefeld, Germany in July 1994 and she was invited by the University of Central England, Birmingham to present a seminar on "Women Activism in India" in June 1994.
Introduction Emergence and growth of women activists in reaction to socio-economic political patriarchal structure is a striking feature of the contemporary social reality. It is due to women activists and their activities that women's movement is a living reality which otherwise would have been an abstract concept. Although attempts have been made to understand women's movement through their organisations yet the study of activists, pivotal in understanding women's movement, has been neglected.
The present study endeavours to provide a sociological analysis of activism concentrating mainly on social backgrounds, value orientations and activities of women activists pertaining to women's question.
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