Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights

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Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights

Shahra Razavi

Description

Leading feminist scholars provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land in various regions around the world.

A searching treatment of gender and access to land around the world.
Includes contributions by leading feminist scholars in the field.
Combines theoretical reflections with concrete case studies.
Covers diverse regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Central Asia.
Several articles are based on original and extensive field research carried out over the past two years in, for example, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Brazil.

About the Author

Shahra Razavi is Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. She is the editor of the books, Gendered Poverty and Well-Being (Blackwell Publishing, 2000); Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change under Neoliberalism (2002); and co-editor (with Carol Miller) of Missionaries and Mandarins: Feminist Engagement with Development Institutions (1998), and (with Maxine Molyneux) of Gender Justice, Development, and Rights (2002).

Features

A searching treatment of gender and access to land around the world.
Includes contributions by leading feminist scholars in the field.
Combines theoretical reflections with concrete case studies.
Covers diverse regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Central Asia.
Several articles are based on original and extensive field research carried out over the past two years in, for example, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Brazil.

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-sg/Agrarian+Change%2C+Gender+and+Land+Rights-p-9781405110761