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A Field of One's Own
Bina Agarwal
其他書名
Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1994
主題
Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development
History / Asia / General
Political Science / Civil Rights
Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Political Science / World / Asian
Social Science / Sociology / Rural
Social Science / Gender Studies
ISBN
0521429269
9780521429269
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Z3pdP30OnEUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.