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This study examines the nature of two women's activist groups in
Madras and their activities since 1979, focusing on their work with
the media, slum issues, registration of marriages and initiation of
an apprenticeship scheme. But this volume is more than a study of
women and their organisations. It is a study of political processes
in which women are active, an attempt to discuss women's political
behaviour in male-dominated society where official bodies, as well
as the academic world, pay attention to 'women's issues' but where
women as political actors continue to be invisible.
This study examines the nature of two women's activist groups in
Madras and their activists since 1979, focusing on their work on
the media, slum issues, registration of marriages and initiation of
an apprenticeship scheme. It also studies political processes in
which women are involved, attempting to discuss women's political
behaviour in male-dominated society where official bodies, as well
as the academic world, pay attention to "women's issues" but where
women as political actors continue to be invisible.
What goes on inside a non-governmental organisation, and how does
it develop over time? In spite of an abundance of NGO studies,
surprisingly few investigate this. NGOs, in spite of the general
meaninglessness and blurred nature of the term, tend to be taken
for granted as bounded entities that act rationally to achieve
their aims, and as units for analysis on a par with "the state,"
"civil society" and "the poor." This book explores the inner life
of one Indian NGO - Unnayan - in Calcutta from the 1970s till the
late 1990s. The study attempts to transgress often artificially
constructed boundaries between segments in society and interpret
social and political NGO activism in a fluid and shifting urban
environment. The focus is Unnayan's institutional development and
its nature of personal and associational interaction. The study
reveals intricate webs of relationships, and a universe
characterised by subtle domain formations, where loyalties and
micro- alliances cut across the organisation - and out of it - in
multi-layered ways, and where individuals competed for influence
and authority.
Japanese culture appears to be found 'everywhere' in the West
today. Sushi, sudoku, origami, sumo, manga, anime, and pokemon have
become familiar idioms, especially among younger people. Norwegian
interest in Japan, however, is not a recent phenomenon. In spite of
the geographical and cultural distance, Norway and Japan have
developed relations in a number of fields since the turn of the
twentieth century, and even before. When the first Norwegian
missionaries arrived in Japan after the Second World War, other
Norwegians had long since become acquainted with the
country.Japanese aesthetic trends were known in Europe from the
second half of the nineteenth century, and influenced Scandinavian
artistic expressions. There was, as well, considerable Norwegian
interest in the commercial potential of Japan's expanding whaling
and shipping industry. Shortly after Norway's independence, the
country opened its first legation in Tokyo. Although the Second
World War disrupted the diplomatic relations, contact between the
two countries has steadily increased since the 1950s. At the turn
of the twenty-first century, Japan had become Norway's most
important trading partner in Asia. This book is based on rich
empirical material and examines some of the fascinating stories
that form the basis and background for today's close and cordial
relationship between Norway and Japan.
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