Engendering Governance Institutions: State, Market and Civil Society - Hardcover

The wide range of areas covered by this edited work makes it crucial for meeting the challenges posed to women in the 21st century. This volume is essential for all development workers, students, academicians, administrators, policy planners, social activists, women’s studies scholars, decision makers in all spheres engaged in women’s empowerment and human development.

(Economic & Political Weekly)

[The] introduction by Smita Mishra Panda is copious and meticulous.... She attempts to sketch the historical context in which the concept originated and assumed significance.... The volume makes a significant contribution in terms of conceptualizing ‘engendering institutions’ which is considered crucial from the viewpoint of institutionalising democratic gender politics within the system of governance at various levels.

(Sociological Bulletin)

The volume highlights the concerns, challenges, and strategies in a well-articulated manner. It makes a significant contribution to this growing area of research and attempts to produce a framework for assessing and analyzing engendered governance....This volume provides new and exciting ways on how issues of gender and governance can usefully be approached. This book is an insightful reading to all those interested in vital questions about gender mainstreaming strategies, its implementation, and challenges. (Gender, Technology and Development)

The question of engendering has emerged as a dominant theme in the development theory and practice in the past few years, mainly due to partial achievement of the desired goals of development in terms of attaining gender equality and women`s empowerment. Most studies in this regard focus largely on engendering the state institutions. But the context of development has changed in developing countries with the introduction of recent economic reforms. Taking note of the changed scenario, this book broadens the framework of analysis of engendering governance institutions by incorporating the institutions of market and civil society, besides the state, with a special focus on India. This book will prove valuable for university students, researchers, teachers, administrators and social activists engaged in women`s empowerment and other advocacy issues.