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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2010
Print publication year:
1995
Online ISBN:
9780511522000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511522000
Subjects:
Economics, South Asian History, Economic Development and Growth
Series:
Cambridge South Asian Studies (58)
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Book description

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.

Awards

Winner of the A. K. Coomaraswamy Book Prize 1996 (Association for Asian Studies, USA)Winner of the Edgar Graham Book Prize 1996 (Dept. of Dev. Studies, SOAS, University of London)Winner of the K. H. Batheja Award 1995–96 (Batheja Trust, Bombay University).

Reviews

‘This book makes a major contribution in the field of land rights thereby opening up once again the debate on land reforms in a unique and distinct manner. If the book scores because of the novelty of its arguments, the interdisciplinary focus and its innovative perspective, it is because is has incorporated over twenty years of research and scholarship in gender studies.’

Source: The Hindu

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