Women, law and public opinion / Payal Gupta.

By:

Gupta Payal

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi. Omega Publications; 2014.Edition: 1st ed. 2014Description: 248 p . ; hardbound 14x22cmISBN:

978-81-8455-506-6

DDC classification:

23 346.0134 GUP

Contents:

1. Public opinion 2. Deliberative democracy 3. Engels and the origin of women's Oppression 4. Portrayal of women in mass media: Mobilising public opinion 5. Gender related legislation issues and challenges: Laws related to women in India 6. Gender equality in India 7. Gender equality Universally embraced, but inequalities acknowledge 8. Mapping the women's movement in India 9. Social action for women: Public interest litigation in India's Supreme court 10. Abortion politics in India and the United States: Women's movements and state 11. Abortion and female infanticide in India 12. Dowry law in India 13. Public litigation and women in India 14. The general assembly declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women 15. National policy for the empowerment of women (2001)

Summary: In a democratic set up, relationship between law and public opinion is of great significance. This book seeks examine the complex interaction between the two in the context of women's rights in the world's largest liberal democracies-USA and India. As the society progresses new laws are framed to empower women.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Tetso College Library Political Science	Non-fiction	346.0134 GUP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		8154

1. Public opinion
2. Deliberative democracy
3. Engels and the origin of women's Oppression
4. Portrayal of women in mass media: Mobilising public opinion
5. Gender related legislation issues and challenges: Laws related to women in India
6. Gender equality in India
7. Gender equality Universally embraced, but inequalities acknowledge
8. Mapping the women's movement in India
9. Social action for women: Public interest litigation in India's Supreme court
10. Abortion politics in India and the United States: Women's movements and state
11. Abortion and female infanticide in India
12. Dowry law in India
13. Public litigation and women in India
14. The general assembly declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women
15. National policy for the empowerment of women (2001)

In a democratic set up, relationship between law and public opinion is of great significance. This book seeks examine the complex interaction between the two in the context of women's rights in the world's largest liberal democracies-USA and India. As the society progresses new laws are framed to empower women.

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