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100 _aBallakrishnen, Swethaa S
245 _aAccidental feminism :
_bgender parity and selective mobility among India's professional elite
_cby Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen.
260 _bPrinceton University Press,
_aNew Jersey :
_c©2021
300 _axviii, 266 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aThis book includes bibliographical references and an index.
505 _tINTRODUCTION The Accidental Emergence of India's Elite Women Lawyers
_tCHAPTER 1 Foci: Market Liberalization and the Changing Nature of Professional Work
_tCHAPTER 2 Frames: Women Can't Match Up: The Sticky Assumptions of Gender and Work
_tCHAPTER 3 Firms: Just Like an International Firm: The Advantage of Not Being Global
_tCHAPTER 4 Facings: My Clients Prefer a Woman Lawyer: New Returns to Essentialism
_tCHAPTER 5 Families: It Is (Not Always) Difficult Once You Have a Family: Work, Life, and Balance
_tCHAPTER 6 Futures: Now What? What Do We Do with the Accidental?
650 _aWomen lawyers
650 _aIndia
650 _aElite (Social sciences)
650 _aFeminism
650 _aWomen--Legal status, laws, etc
650 _aWomen--Social conditions
650 _aLaw firm associates
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_cBK
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