Content
1. Introduction 18
What is Well-Being?
What is Democracy?
Democracy as Means of Well-Being
Democratic Space as Enabler of Well-Being
Relevance of the Study
2. Notions of Gender Democracy in Domestic Realm 26
What is Gender?
What is Gender Democracy?
What is Domestic Space?
The Gendered Construction of the Domestic Space
Role of Spatial Design
Summary
3. Designing Gender-Democratic Domestic Spaces 40
Democracy through spatial hierarchy
Democracy through Spatial organization
Democracy through Furniture
Democracy through interior-space making elements
Framework for Designing Gender-Democratic Domestic Spaces
Conclusion
4. Analysing Domestic Spaces for Gender-Democracy 62
Introduction
Method of Analysis
Relevance of Analysis
Case Studies (Observations and Inference)-
1. Firdaus Apartment
2. Mangal Murti Apartment
3. Pooja Apartment
4. Anand Apartment
5. Mayur Apartment
6. Neelkanth Elegance
Conclusion
Closing Remarks
5. Reflections and Way- Forward 108
Recognizing Gendered Roles in Domestic Space
Space Re-iterating Gendered Roles
Spatial Design to Facilitate Change
Gender-Democratic Domestic Spaces as Enablers of Well-Being
Reasons for Lack of Consideration
Research Needs to be Done in Indian Context