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Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
9. 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 9. 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 1. 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 2.1. 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 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453826203321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
9. 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 9. 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 1. 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 2.1. 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 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782224703321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy / / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy / / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
9. 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 9. 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 1. 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 2.1. 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 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828728803321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||