Title:
Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government / edited by Nizam Ahmed.
Main Entry:
Ahmed, Nizam. editor.
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Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publication Date:
2018.
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319574752
Subject:
Political science.
Public policy.
Public administration.
Political Science and International Relations.
Public policy.
Development and Gender.
Governance and Government.
Politics and Gender.
Public administration.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction; Nizam Ahmed -- Chapter 2: Alangkar or Ahangkar? Reserved-Seat Women Members in the Bangladesh Parliament;Nizam Ahmed and Sadik Hasan -- Chapter 3: Women in Parliament—Entering the Public Male Domain in Bhutan; Sonam Chuki -- Chapter 4: Deepening Democracy in India: The Role of Women Parliamentarians and Their Challenges; Sangita Dhal and Bidyut Chakrabarty -- Chapter 5: Women in the Parliament: Changing Gender Dynamics in the Political Sphere in Nepal; Punam Yadav -- Chapter 6: Who Speaks for Women in Parliament? Patriarchy and Women MNAs in Pakistan; Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury -- Chapter 7: Gender Inclusive Governance: Representation of Women in National and Provincial Political Bodies in Sri Lanka; Imiya Kamala Liyanage -- Chapter 8: Balancing Work and Family: Women in Bangladesh Civil service; Nishat Afroze Ahmed and Ferdous Jahan -- Chapter 9: Women in the Bhutanese Bureaucracy; Kunzang Lhamu -- Chapter 10: Women in Civil Service in India;Shivani Singh -- Chapter 11: Limits of Inclusion: Women’s Participation in Nepalese Civil Service; Narendra Raj Paudel -- Chapter 12: Women in Pakistan Civil Service; Nighat Ghulam Ansari -- Chapter 13: Women in Administrative Service in Sri Lanka; M.A.F Anwara Nilmi and Darshi Thoradeniya -- Chapter 14: Women’s Representation and Participation in Local Government in Bangladesh: New Openings and Remaining Barriers; Maheen Sultan -- Chapter 15: Proxy or Agency? Women in Rural Local Government in India; Prakash Chand -- Chapter 16: Gender and Local Governance in Pakistan; Nasira Jabeen and Umm-e-Farwa Mubasher -- Chapter 17: Testing the Politics of Presence: Women’s Representation in Local Government in Sri Lanka; Imiya Kamala Liyanage -- Chapter 18: Does Inclusion Matter? Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia; Nizam Ahmed.
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