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Author Jacobs, Susie M.

Title Gender and agrarian reforms / by Susie Jacobs
Published New York : Routledge, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge international studies of women and place ; 9
Routledge international studies of women and place ; 9.
Contents Theoretical perspectives -- Debates over agrarian reform -- Concepts for a gendered analysis of agrarian reform -- The gendered effects of household models of land reform -- Collectives and decollectivisations -- Gender and agricultural collectives : Soviet-type economies -- China : from collectivisation to the household responsibility system -- Viet Nam : egalitarian land reform -- Household models of reform and alternatives -- Mobilisation and marginalisation : Latin American examples -- Land reforms, customary law, and land titling in sub-saharan Africa
Summary This book presents an overview of gender and agrarian reform experiences globally, highlighting case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Jacobs also compares agrarian and land reforms organized along collective lines as well as those organizing along individual household lines
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-240) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women in rural development -- Developing countries
Women in agriculture -- Developing countries
Land reform -- Developing countries
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Land reform
Women in agriculture
Women in rural development
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203867846
020386784X
9780415376488
0415376483