00897pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245003500059260000900094300001300103362000800116520056800124650002100692650002200713773001600735180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSinha, Archana  aWomen in local self-governance  c2004  ap.11-15.  aAug  aDemocratic politics is, in reality, the interplay of vested interests and PRI's great achievement has been to mandate a vested, and mutual interest, between women and the political process. If the wisdom of grassroots organisations, especially the courage and clarity of women, is to become policy, it will not be through the art of intellectual persuasion but by the arrangements made within a political system for their voice to have power. Bringing women into power is thus a matter of equity, of correcting an unjust and unrepresentative system. - Reproduced.  aLocal government  aWomen in politics  aKurukshetra