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Amalgam of Leadership Styles A Case Study of First Chief Minister of Goa
In: The Indian journal of political science, Volume 73, Issue 1, p. 141-148
ISSN: 0019-5510
Violence, Employment and Citizenship: A Case Study of Self-employed Women in the Unorganised Sector in Goa
In: Indian journal of gender studies, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 117-135
ISSN: 0973-0672
Political and socio-economic life in Goa manifests several paradoxes, which raise significant questions pertaining to the nature of patriarchy in a post-colonial society. The existence of a Uniform Civil Code in Goa, its small size, which makes for relative proximity between the people and their representatives, and progressive social legislation especially in the fields of education and health, have generally contributed towards relatively equal conditions of citizenship for women in the state. A puzzling paradox emerges, however, when one explores the forms of violence that the development patterns and the attendant structural asymmetries bring in their wake, giving rise to newer forms of gender injustice. This article explores one aspect of that asymmetry—the violence experienced by women in the unorganised sector in the course of their work. It argues that while violence is integral to their work, it goes unnoticed. These women are, therefore, doubly disadvantaged, as women and as workers, since they lack the organisational support and the grievance redress mechanisms that are available to women workers in the organised sector.
Can Gram Sabha Check Corruption at the Grassroots? Study of Goa
In: Indian journal of public administration, Volume 58, Issue 1, p. 137-153
ISSN: 2457-0222
Can Gram Sabha Check Corruption at the Grassroots? Study of Goa
In: The Indian journal of public administration: quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, Volume 58, Issue 1, p. 137-154
ISSN: 0019-5561