Synopsis "This book Women and Politics, explores women's struggles for political power which is one of the most important gestures through which women could achieve their rightful place in society. The concern emanates from theoretical understanding of cross-national empirical evidence and gender questions in general as these questions encompass women from all over the world and are also culture specific as the social milieu intervenes and create particularness in the struggle. The chapters in this book reflect women's struggles, hardships, grief and sorrow, their achievements and disappointments as also and their successes and failures in this battle."