TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bina Agarwal
TI  - A field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia
SN  - 9788185618647
U1  - 323.460959 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - CUP
KW  - Right of property
KW  - Land reform
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Rural women--Economic conditions
N2  - 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
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