Articles by Dolly Arora

Sex-Determination Technologies and Policy Dolly Arora How do potentially dangerous technologies acquire peopled approval? Does this involve an element of choice? Or does it indicate the growing hold of structures and technologies of control in defining the very meaning of choice? And if this is so. what can be done to alter the situation ? These issues are addressed through a study of one particular development, the spread of sex determination technologies and the evolution of state policy towards it. The focus is on the essentially victimising content of these technologies as well as state policy.

Indian Case Dolly Arora Welfare discourse in third world countries has revolved around western experiences and theories, missing the nature and context of their own problems. This paper examines welfare issues in the context of India and suggests that third world countries need to evolve alternative approaches to welfare that are appropriate for them.

Women and Wasteland Development in India edited by Andrea M Singh and Neera Burra; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1993; pp 336, Rs 295.
DEVELOPMENT discourse underwent three major shifts in accent in the decade of 80s, reflecting in, one, an increased concern for the protection of environment; two, an emphasis on people's participation, especially in the protection, management and regeneration of natural resources; and, three, the incorporation of gender concerns as an important element of development concerns. The growing interest of international agencies, nongovernmental organisations and donor agencies as well as the Indian state in programmes of wasteland development on the one hand and increasing involvement of women in these programmes on the other both manifests this discursive transformation and creates further discursive space for subsequent policy actions and expectations. It is essentially in this context that one can understand the various projects on women and wasteland development being undertaken by several non-governmental organisations in specific local settings.