Women Leadership in Local Self Government

Zusatztext

The traditional caste system has often denied the possibility of schedule caste women to hold high positions in local self governments. This has been rectified by the constitution. This book is a narration of a detailed study on the schedule caste women panchayat presidents knowledge about the roles and responsibilities, the support that they receive from families as well as elected ward members, the problems that they face, and most importantly, their performance in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is hoped that the reader will gain a better insight into the said aspects through this is one of a kind study that has been made even easier to understand through this book.

Autorenportrait

Prof. V. Sethuramalingam is the Head & UGC-SAP Coordinator, Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, India. Dr. V. Deivajothi, is the Head, Department of Social Work in Theni College of Arts and Science, Tamil Nadu. Dr. S. Sathia, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work, Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

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