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Ballakrishnen, Swethaa S.,

Accidental feminism : gender parity and selective mobility among India's professional elite / Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen. - 1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index.

The accidental emergence of India's elite women lawyers -- Foci: Market liberalization and the changing nature of professional work -- Frames: Women can't match up : the sticky assumptions of gender and work -- Firms: Just like an international firm : the advantage of not being -- Facings: My cclients prefer a woman lawyer : new returns to essentialism -- Families: It is (not always) difficult once you have a family : work, life, and balance -- Futures: Now what? : what do we do with the accidental?

ISBN: 9780691199993

LCCN: 2023701431

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women lawyers--India.
Law firm associates--India.
Women--Social conditions.--India
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.
Avocates--Inde.
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--Inde
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Law firm associates.
Women lawyers.
Women--Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India.

LC Class. No.: KNS53.35.W6