LEADER 06164nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910828728803321 005 20240516000920.0 010 $a1-281-94821-7 010 $a9786611948214 010 $a981-279-808-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551227 035 $a(EBL)3050953 035 $a(OCoLC)316004929 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000299847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12068942 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252301 035 $a(PQKB)10554067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050953 035 $a(WSP)00001975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3050953 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10688062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL194821 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551227 100 $a20071129d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInstitutions and gender empowerment in the global economy /$feditors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 1 $aWorld Scientific studies in international economics,$x1793-3641 ;$vv. 5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-270-996-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Foreword; Institutional Affiliations of Contributors; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1. Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Development; 3. The Views of Young Marx on Development; 4. Gandhi's Ideas on Development; 5. Background to Understanding Sen's Development Philosophy; 6. Sen's Concept of Development; 7. The Link Between Young Marx, Gandhi, and Sen; 8. Institutional Implications of Sen's Theory of Development 327 $a9. Sen's Theory of Exchange Entitlement, Endowment, and Poverty10. The Essence of the Theory; 11. Decomposition of the Theory of Exchange Entitlement; 12. Poverty and Gender Empowerment; References; Chapter 2. Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Access and Returns to Markets; 3. To Cope with Vulnerability; 4. Gender Empowerment: Discrimination Against Women; 5. Dowry and Women's Bargaining Power; 6. Theories of Household Economy; 7. The Institution of Marriage; 8. The Institution of Dowry 327 $a9. Reasons for Dowry-Giving10. Women's Reproductive Decision; 11. Education, Health, and Employment; 11.1. Education; 11.2. Health; 11.3. Employment; 11.4. Vulnerability of female labor; 12. Ownership of Property; 13. Technological Development, Transfer, and Adoption; 14. Violence Against Women; 14.1. Powerlessness, voicelessness, helplessness, and peacelessness; 14.2. Physical violence against women; 15. Women's Participation in Political Governance; References; Chapter 3. Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment? Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark 327 $a1. Introduction2. The State and its Institutions; 3. The Role of The State as the Formidable Institution; 4. The Demise of the Neo-Classical State; 5. The New Institutional Economics and Gender Empowerment; 6. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Institutional Non-Compliance Score (INCS); 7. Deprivation Scores; 8. Enforcer of Gender Discrimination: Patriarch or Matriarch; 8.1. Within the household; 8.2. Outside the Household; References; Chapter 4. Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India Kartik C. Roy; 1. Introduction; 2. Property Rights, Economic Freedom, and Empowerment 327 $a2.1. Women's socio-economic status and land rights: Historical perspective2.2. Issue of land rights in post-independence India; 2.3. Women and the current state of inheritance rights; 2.4. Women in the total population in need of land rights; 2.5. Granting land ownership to landless women: Ground realities; 3. Women's Employment and Income; 3.1. Other aspects of women's employment status; 3.2. Income and assets in household bargaining; 4. Dowry, Assets, and Violence against Women; 4.1. Dowry-related torture and murder; 4.2. Infanticide, abortion, and missing women 327 $a4.3. Vulnerability to other risks 330 $aSince women account for almost 50 percent of the world's population, the sustainability of development of the global economy can be greatly impaired if the state authorities in individual countries pay less attention to the improvement in the socio-economic status of women relative to men. Improvement in socio-economic status which facilitates empowerment of individuals is greatly dependent on conducive informal institutions and state institutions. This book is the first of its kind to critically examine the role of these institutions in women's empowerment in five continents in the world. The analysis of the role of institutions in individual countries is underpinned by a robust theoretical background presented in the first three chapters. 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