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010			_a 92227530
020			_a9780195656220
082	0	0	_a306.095483 _bJEF/P
100	1		_aJeffrey, Robin
245	1	0	_aPolitics, women, and well-being: how Kerala became "a model"
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2011
300			_axviii, 285 p. _bill., maps India--Kerala
500			_aWIth a new note on Kerala in the twenty first century
520			_aIn 1990, Kerala on the southwestern coast has India's lowest infant mortality, longest life expectancy and highest female literacy. India's 'problem state' of the 1950s has become 'the Kerala model'. The collapse of a matrilineal social structure and a rigid caste system contributed to widespread politicization. Women retained a circumscribed but influential position in social life. The result is an instructive analysis for students of politics, development policy and women's issues.
650		0	_aSocial problems _aPolitics and government _aWomen--Political activity _aPolitical science
650		0	_aWomen _aIndia--Kerala _aWomen--Social conditions _aSocial policy _aSocial conditions
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