A field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia / / Bina Agarwal [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Agarwal Bina
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 572 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 323.4/6/0959
• Soggetto topico: Land tenure - South Asia; Land reform - South Asia; Right of property - South Asia; Women's rights - South Asia; Rural women - South Asia
• Soggetto geografico: South Asia Social policy
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A field of one's own
• ISBN: 0-511-52200-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248162203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Cambridge South Asian studies ; ; 58.