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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Nationalism and Nation-Building -- 2. Women and the Postcolonial State -- 3. Theorising Gender and Democratisation -- 4. Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State? -- 5. Quotas in Context -- 6. Feminizing Global Governance -- 7. Knowledge and/as Power -- 8. Networking across Borders -- Conclusion -- What Hopes, Why Despair? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Published in association with the United Nations, this book builds on the existing body of literature on gender and democratization by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women. It considers the appropriate mechanisms through which the mainstreaming of gender can take place, and the levels of governance involved; defines what the interests of women are, and how and by what processes these interests are represented to the state policy making structures. Global strategies for the advancement of women are considered, and how far these have penetrated at national level, illuminated by a series of case studies - gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries, the Ugandan ministry of Gender, Culture and Social services, gender awareness in Central and Eastern Europe, and further examples from South Korea, the Lebanon, Beijing and Australia

In this conversation with Vina Mazumdar, Member Secretary to the First Committee on the Status of Women in India, the history and controversies regarding the publicity & information potentially and currently available on the status of Indian women are discussed. Started because of the lack of an agency within the Indian government to report on the status of women, the Committee's lack of professional membership required a political task force to achieve an intellectual change that would come to terms with attitudes of superiority & the diversity of the cultures & traditions. The analysis data from fieldwork brought to light the importance of economics to the lives of all Indian women. The dissent over the issue of reservation of seats for women in state assemblies & parliament resulted in research on existing literature, but during the period of national emergency (1975-1977) it was the publishing of report summaries in regional language translations that maintained the prominence of the issue. The impact of the report at the Mexico conference presented a rosy brief by the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare. The establishment of a Center for Women's Development Studies, although slow in getting started, was recognized by each member for the political role of the research program, and the importance of making books available to the ordinary reading public. References. J. Harwell