This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis Bina Agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting women's situation is the gender gap in command over property. In rural South Asia, the most significant for...

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1. Verfasser:	Agarwal, Bina (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge South Asian studies 58
Schlagworte:	Land tenure / South Asia Land reform / South Asia Right of property / South Asia Women's rights / South Asia Rural women / South Asia Grundeigentum Geschlechterrolle Frau Südasien South Asia / Social policy Indien > Süd
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Zusammenfassung:	This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis Bina Agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting women's situation is the gender gap in command over property. In rural South Asia, the most significant form of property is arable land, a critical determinant of economic well-being, social status, and empowerment. But few women own land; fewer control it. Drawing on a vast range of interdisciplinary sources and her own field research, and tracing regional variations across five countries, the author investigates the complex barriers to women's land ownership and control, and how they might be overcome. The book makes significant and original contributions to theory and policy concerning land reforms, 'bargaining' and gender relations, women's status, and the nature of resistance
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxi, 572 pages)
ISBN:	9780511522000
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511522000