New Public Management: A Case Analysis Of District Administration

While there is much literature on women today, the focus is generally on the position and role of women in urban areas. This study turns the spotlight on rural women through the length and breadth of the districts of Maharashtra. Its findings enable the rural woman to emerge from the shadows of being labelled as ‘tT&itian-bound', ‘passive', ‘backward', to hold her own, whether in the forefront of public life, in the expression of her convictions or in a courageous stand through crisis-situat