A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia

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A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia is a landmark feminist economic study that examines how unequal land ownership and property rights shape women’s social and economic status across South Asian societies.

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instanceOf academic monograph ⓘ
book ⓘ
feminist economics work ⓘ
addresses impact of patrilineal inheritance on women ⓘ
interaction between customary practices and formal law ⓘ
links between land rights and women’s economic status ⓘ
links between land rights and women’s social status ⓘ
role of the state in shaping property rights ⓘ
arguesThat gender bias in land rights contributes to women’s poverty ⓘ
land ownership enhances women’s bargaining position in the family ⓘ
legal reforms are needed to secure women’s land rights ⓘ
women’s independent land rights are crucial for their economic security ⓘ
author Bina Agarwal ⓘ
countryOfFocus Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
discipline development studies ⓘ
economics ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ
focusesOn agrarian reform ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
inequality in land ownership ⓘ
inheritance laws ⓘ
marital property regimes ⓘ
poverty and gender ⓘ
statutory law ⓘ
women’s bargaining power within households ⓘ
hasPerspective feminist ⓘ
pro-poor land reform ⓘ
inLanguage English ⓘ
mainSubject agrarian structure in South Asia ⓘ
feminist economics ⓘ
gender and land rights ⓘ
law and gender ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
women’s property rights ⓘ
notableFor being a landmark work in feminist economics ⓘ
influencing policy debates on women’s land rights ⓘ
systematic analysis of gender bias in land rights in South Asia ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
theoreticalFramework feminist political economy ⓘ
household bargaining models ⓘ
usesMethod comparative analysis across South Asian countries ⓘ
empirical case studies ⓘ
historical analysis of property regimes ⓘ

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