Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh Institutional Reforms, Actors and Outcomes /

• Main Author: Panday, Pranab Kumar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Public administration.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Gender Studies.; Public Administration.; Political Science.; Sociology, general.

This volume offers an understanding of institutional reforms, gender-related policy dynamics, the role of different actors in the policy process, and the impact of a particular policy on the state of women’s political participation in Bangladesh. The discussion is set against the background of the F...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
• Chapter 2: Conceptual Discourses
• Chapter 3: Local Government Reform Efforts: A Perspective of Women’s Political Participation
• Chapter 4: Government and Political Parties in the Reform Process
• Chapter 5: Other Players in the Reform Process: Accessing and Assessing Influence
• Chapter 6: Elected Women Members in the Union Parishad: Representation without Participation
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.