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Subject(s)

• Sex discrimination against women [Browse]

Series

• Routledge contemporary South Asia series. [More in this series]
• Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Summary note

This text explores how social education impacts gender inequalities in rural Tamil Nadu where women's lives are damaged by discrimination, marginalisation and deprivation. Social education refers to agent-oriented learning experiences focused on power relations that help oppressed people regain their humanity in the struggle for empowerment.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Cover
• Endorsement
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary
• Synopsis of the Research
• Notes
• References
• 1 Scope of an Investigation in India of Marginalised Women's Struggle for Equality
• Introduction
• The Problem
• Project Goals
• Significance for Global and Indian Agendas
• 2 Rationale for Including Inequality in Women's Wellbeing Approaches
• The Explanatory Force of Wellbeing Approaches
• Power and Inequalities
• The Search for Indicators
• 3 Research Sites, Women, and Concepts Involved in a Study of the Struggle for Equality in Rural India
• Villages Studied
• Approach. Multidimensional Wellbeing
• Conceptual Underpinnings. Theorising Empowerment
• 4 Research Processes Involved in a Wellbeing Inquiry of Rural Women's Struggle for Equality in India
• The Measurement Tool
• Profile of Interviewees
• Interview Procedure
• Reference
• 5 Outcomes of a Quality-Of-Life Study of Marginalised Women's Struggle for Equality in India
• Contexts and Analysis of Survey of Individual Women
• Living Standard/livelihoods
• Education/literacy
• Health
• Self-efficacy
• Human Rights
• Social Actions
• Analysis of Survey of Household Representatives
• Capabilities Findings
• Equalities Analysis
• Focus Group Discussions
• Focus Group Discussion Analysis
• 6 What the Indices Reveal in a Study of Marginalised Women's Struggle for Equality in India
• Wellbeing Indices
• Capabilities Index
• Drivers of Capabilities
• Equalities Index
• Drivers of Equalities
• 7 Prologue of an Investigation of Marginalised Women's Struggle for Equality in India
• Summary
• Her Stories.
• Discussion of Graduate Narratives
• Appendices
• Appendix 1. Areas of Life Measured
• Appendix 2. Index Indicators
• Capabilities Index Indicators
• Equalities Index Indicators
• Index.

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ISBN

9781040175798 ((electronic bk.))

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