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

by Reena Patel

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409493402
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	01/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

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.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; A conceptual map; The development of females' proprietory rights in Hindu law; Conversations: what women think; An evaluation of women's self-interest in the Hindu law of succession; Women, work and land rights; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.