Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action - Hardcover

Patel, Reena

 
9780754646167: Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural India: Law, Labour and Culture in Action

Synopsis

This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.

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About the Author

Reena Patel is a Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Warwick, UK. Her teaching and research interest areas include gender, law and development. Dr Patel is a founder/coordinator of the South Asian Research Network on Gender, Law and Governance, a network of activists and researchers working together on gender issues from a regional perspective in South Asia.

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ISBN 10:  0815389515 ISBN 13:  9780815389514
Publisher: Routledge, 2018
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