Gender discrimination in land ownership / edited by Prem Chowdhry.

Contributor(s):

Chowdhry, Prem [ed.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009.Description: xxxv,314pISBN:

9788178299426
8178299429

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.3082/0954

Online resources:

Contents:

1.Assam - M Parwez Marginalization of Women: Inheritance in Assam-- 2.Bihar - Hetukar Jha Need of an Ideological Struggle: Society and Law in Bihar-- 3.Haryana - Raj Mohini Sethi Gendered Spaces: Agrarian Economy of Haryana-- 4.Himachal Pradesh - Raj Mohini Sethi Customary Practices, Law and Gender in Himachal Pradesh 5.Karnataka - Jennifer Brown, Kripa Ananthpur, Renee Giovarelli Addressing Legal Rights in Karnataka-- 6.Kerala - Praveena Kodoth Residual Farmers on Household Land? Women and Second Generation Concerns of Regulation in Kerala-- 7.Madhya Pradesh - M Rajivlochan and Meeta Rajivlochan Gendering Land Reforms in Madhya Pradesh 8.Manipur - Ksh Bimola Devi and Saroj Arora Women and Inheritance Practices in Manipur Ksh-- 9.Meghalaya - M N Karna Tribal Areas of Meghalaya: Land Ownership of Women-- 10.Orissa - Asha Hans, Padmaja Mishra and Amrita Mishra Patel Need for a Paradigm Shift: Justice and Equality for Women in Orissa-- 11.Puducherry (Pondicherry)(Union Territory) - N Rajasekhar Women's Entitlement and Legal Position in Puducherry (Pondicherry) 12.Punjab - Raj Mohini Sethi Gender and Reform in Punjab-- 13.Uttar Pradesh - Saroj Arora and LC Singhi Women's Access and Rights to Land in Uttar Pradesh-- 14.West Bengal - Jennifer Brown and Sujata Das Chowdhury Analyzing Women's Rights: A Field Study from West Bengal

Summary: Contemporary India demonstrates a curious labyrinth of land ownership patterns and rights for women co-existing in various states and the inter-regional and intra-regional differences between communities and caste groups. Initiated by the Centre for Rural Studies of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, this volume is a collection of essays on Land Reforms in India by social scientists across disciplines from fourteen different states. The editors offer an in-depth analysis of the laws governing access and control of land and its ownership by women in the various states of India. They examine the diverse ways in which discrimination is experienced by them in their respective states and propose ways to counter this rampant gender inequality. With the help of data the book shows the differences in land ownership patterns and land rights for women across regions, communities and castes. It understands how and why the state laws in relation to agricultural labor, tenants and other farmers, land ceilings, allocation of surplus lands, distribution of ownership titles and other land reforms have failed to accommodate women. Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership examines the dominant role played by cultural and customary practices in depriving women of legal rights which they may have had, and proposes ways, based upon extensive field work as well as interaction between legal experts, social activists and bureaucrats, to counter gender inequality in all the major zones of India. This interdisciplinary study with its wide contemporary reach will encourage debates on existing society and the augmentation/implementation of laws and rights required to establish a more just and equitable society.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-1	Non Fiction	333.30820954 GEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000928

Total holds: 0

1.Assam - M Parwez
Marginalization of Women: Inheritance in Assam--
2.Bihar - Hetukar Jha
Need of an Ideological Struggle: Society and Law in Bihar--
3.Haryana - Raj Mohini Sethi
Gendered Spaces: Agrarian Economy of Haryana--
4.Himachal Pradesh - Raj Mohini Sethi
Customary Practices, Law and Gender in Himachal Pradesh
5.Karnataka - Jennifer Brown, Kripa Ananthpur, Renee Giovarelli
Addressing Legal Rights in Karnataka--
6.Kerala - Praveena Kodoth
Residual Farmers on Household Land? Women and Second Generation Concerns of Regulation in Kerala--
7.Madhya Pradesh - M Rajivlochan and Meeta Rajivlochan
Gendering Land Reforms in Madhya Pradesh
8.Manipur - Ksh Bimola Devi and Saroj Arora
Women and Inheritance Practices in Manipur Ksh--
9.Meghalaya - M N Karna
Tribal Areas of Meghalaya: Land Ownership of Women--
10.Orissa - Asha Hans, Padmaja Mishra and Amrita Mishra Patel
Need for a Paradigm Shift: Justice and Equality for Women in Orissa--
11.Puducherry (Pondicherry)(Union Territory) - N Rajasekhar
Women's Entitlement and Legal Position in Puducherry (Pondicherry)
12.Punjab - Raj Mohini Sethi
Gender and Reform in Punjab--
13.Uttar Pradesh - Saroj Arora and LC Singhi
Women's Access and Rights to Land in Uttar Pradesh--
14.West Bengal - Jennifer Brown and Sujata Das Chowdhury
Analyzing Women's Rights: A Field Study from West Bengal

Contemporary India demonstrates a curious labyrinth of land ownership patterns and rights for women co-existing in various states and the inter-regional and intra-regional differences between communities and caste groups. Initiated by the Centre for Rural Studies of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, this volume is a collection of essays on Land Reforms in India by social scientists across disciplines from fourteen different states. The editors offer an in-depth analysis of the laws governing access and control of land and its ownership by women in the various states of India. They examine the diverse ways in which discrimination is experienced by them in their respective states and propose ways to counter this rampant gender inequality.
With the help of data the book shows the differences in land ownership patterns and land rights for women across regions, communities and castes. It understands how and why the state laws in relation to agricultural labor, tenants and other farmers, land ceilings, allocation of surplus lands, distribution of ownership titles and other land reforms have failed to accommodate women.
Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership examines the dominant role played by cultural and customary practices in depriving women of legal rights which they may have had, and proposes ways, based upon extensive field work as well as interaction between legal experts, social activists and bureaucrats, to counter gender inequality in all the major zones of India. This interdisciplinary study with its wide contemporary reach will encourage debates on existing society and the augmentation/implementation of laws and rights required to establish a more just and equitable society.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer