Changing Status of Women in India/Sangeeta Nagaich. 1997, xv, 238 p., $33.
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Women and economic development. 3. Employment and occupational structure of women in Punjab. 4. Analysis of women's participation in work. 5. Shifts in occupational participation--1961-81. 6. Determinants of changes in the occupational structure of woman. 7. Summary and conclusions. Annexure. Bibliography.
"Uptil recently, in India as in many other developing countries, the role of women in the economic activity of the nation was practically ignored. The increasing participation of women in the work-force, the multiple role of women as mothers, homemakers and paid workers and misunderstandings of the nature of unemployment among women, therefore, suggest the usefulness of describing trends and relationships, in labour force participation as a background for asessing the volume of employment, occupational structure and the impact of economic growth. In this light, the present study analyses in depth the changing role of women in occupational structure with the economic development of the society.
"The book will prove an informative and most useful asset for students, scholars and teachers in the field of economics, sociology and women studies. Policy planners and administrators will also find this book as an ideal reference tool." (jacket)
[Sangeeta Nagaich is on the faculty of the Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala.]