It is the most comprehensive study to date of the implications for women of inequality in command over property feminist economics usa bina agarwals new book is a remarkable achievement by one of india s foremost feminist economists. Rs 395 at last a serious study on gender which communicates to both sexes without privileging the female body and flaunting bawdy terms, the book makes no concession to indisciplined outpourings so characteristic of contemporary feminist literature. A field of ones own by bina agarwal cambridge university press pages. Bina agarwal has done sustained pioneering research not just in one field of. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis bina agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting womens situation is the gender gap in command over property. Jun 20, 20 a field of one s own by bina agarwal cambridge university press pages. In a field of ones own cambridge university press, 1994, her most famous work, agarwal. Bina agarwal, professor of economics, institute of economic growth, university of delhi, delhi. It outlines why in rural south asia, where arable land is the most important. Gender and land rights in south asia by bina agarwal, cambridge university press, 1994, pp. Bina agarwal, professor of economics, institute of economic growth, university of. Exploring new prospects via the state, family and market. Marriage is not merely a set of social arrangements but also ideas, beliefs and values by which those arrangements are sustained beteille, 1992.
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