Contents: Volume I: Modernization and Womens' Development: Preface. 1. The process of modernization in India and the awareness of rights among Muslim women in an urban setting/Sushila Jain. 2. Women in rural development: alternative strategy for organisation and leadership training/Nasreen Rustomfram. 3. Modernity among working women in urban India/Anjula Gupta. 4. Development and population growth in India : issues of ideology and action/D. Sundaram. 5. Women and development : research and policy perspectives/Kumud Sharma. 6. Modernization, national integration and development of women : the case of television in India/Kamlesh Mahajan. 7. If this is development then women refuse to be integrated into it/Kamla Bhasin. 8. Development of women : psychological barriers/Arun K. Gupta and Chander K. Zadoo. Index.

Volume II: Violence and Exploitation: Preface. 1. Violence against women : some dimensions and theoretical implications/Kuntesh Gupta. 2. Violence against tribal women ( a sociological analysis of some selected cases in Phulbani district, Orissa)/S. Mohanty and N. Mishra. 3. Family violence against married women/Rajalakshmi Sriram and Amrapali Bakshi. 4. Women and family violence : policies and programmes/M.S. Pawar. 5. Militarisation, violence development and women : exploiting the connections/Kamla Bhasin. 6. Problems of violence against women : some suggestions/Sakendra Singh. 7. Media : development and exploitation of women (an analysis of TV serials, advertisements and audience's reactions)/Kamlesh Mahajan. 8. Indian patriarchy : the commoditisation of women/Indu Prakash Singh. Index.

Volume III: Kinship, Family and Marriage: Preface. 1. Prisoners of the capitalist patriarchate : Indian (Muslim) women/Indu Prakash Singh. 2. Why to lead a single life ( a sociological study of single never-married women)/Urmila Vanjani. 3. Single working women : life style and problems (a sociological study in an Indian urban setting)/Meenakshi Sharma. 4. Role conflict among working women in teaching profession/Santosh Mangal. 5. Declining sex ratio in India : an overview/O.P. Sharma. 6. Women, kinship relations and beyond : a note/Suguna Pathy. 7. Entrepreneurship among women : an empirical study/Sulochana Nadkarni. 8. Changing views on marriage : a study of college-going girls in urban India/Kuntal Agarwal. 9. Trends in age at marriage among boys and girls/B.S. Nagi. 10. Status and role of urban aged women in India/Sarojini Wasson. 11. Social and institutional framework of female participation in agriculture/T.M. Dak, M.L. Sharma and Rajni Jain. 12. Productive and reproductive roles of Indian women: a sociological analysis/T.M. Dak. Index.

Volume IV: Politics, Awareness and Women's Movements: Preface. 1. Political status of women in Lok Sabha/Sanjay Sharma. 2. Reserved electoral seats for women (the case for and against in the context of Maharashtra)/Nandita Shah and Nandita Gandhi. 3. Political efficacy among urban women in India/Dharam Vir. 4. Politicization of women in India/S.K. Gupta and Dharam Vir. 5. Women in socio-political life of the country as a media of social change/Suman. 6. Status of women, law and social consciousness/G.K. Agrawal. 7. Women and the Indian constitution/Satya Prakash. 8. Women in government programmes/K.D. Gaur. 9. Social welfare programmes for women and children in India/Urmil Sharma. 10. Women's movement in India : an assessment/A.R. Desai. 11. Women's liberation movement/Rekha Pandey. Index.

Volume V: Education and Health: Preface. 1. Women's education for national development/N.R.V. Prabhu and K. Bhanumathy. 2. Education and development of women in Marathwada/Swati Shirwadkar. 3. Higher education, women and development/Vina Mazumdar. 4. Higher education and gender justice : an analysis of views of college girls towards female children/Pratima Chaudhary. 5. Student politics in higher education/Sangeeta Gupta. 6. Towards equality/Suma Chitnis. 7. Culturally oriented family influence on the mental health of Muslim females in India/R. Mubarak Ali. 8. Morbidity status of women in rural Andhra Pradesh/S.N.M. Kopparty. 9. Health ignorance in pregnant and lactating women in rural India/Sarita Manocha. 10. Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation/Veena Prakash. 11. Health of the aged women in India/Sarojini Wasson. Index.

Vol. VI: Changing Status and Emerging Problems: Preface. 1. Indian women : the new configurations/Indu Prakash Singh. 2. Changing status of Indian women : a myth or reality/Anupama Shandilya. 3. Changing status of women in India/G. Narayana and A. Lakshmi. 4. Status and role of contemporary women in rural India/Poonam Gupta. 5. Decision role of women in rural and semi-urban activities/S. Giriappa. 6. The changing status of tribal women in India/Manju Manral. 7. Social adjustment of women in urban India/Sarojini Wasson. 8. Feminist perspectives : some thoughts/Anuradha Bhoite. 9. Women's issues : need and modes of awareness raising/Chhaya Datar. 10. Gender and work/Amamath R. Das and Ch. Umamohan. 11. Divorces in Indian society/Om Lata Bhatnagar. Index. 

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