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

By: Agarwal, BinaMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xxi, 572 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9788185618647Subject(s): Right of property | Land reform | Land tenure | Rural women | Women's rightsDDC classification: 323

Contents:

l. Land rights for women: making the case-- 2. Conceptualizing gender relations-- 3. Customary rights and associated practices-- 4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today-- 5. Contemporary law: contestation and content-- 6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice-- 7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control-- 8. Tracing cross-regional diversities-- 9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings-- l0. The long march ahead.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	323 AGA/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P08166

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l. Land rights for women: making the case--
2. Conceptualizing gender relations--
3. Customary rights and associated practices--
4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today--
5. Contemporary law: contestation and content--
6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice--
7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control--
8. Tracing cross-regional diversities--
9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings--
l0. The long march ahead.

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