Gender discrimination in land ownership /

This edited volume analyzes the different degrees of discrimination meted out to women by the country's inheritance laws and the corresponding customary practices in tribal societies. It also exposes the current socio-legal structure in the country, which systematically denies women the accessi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chowdhry, Prem
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009.
Colección:Land reforms in India ; v. 11.
Temas:
Land tenure > India.
Women landowners > India.
Sex discrimination against women > India.
Land tenure > Law and legislation > India.
Femmes propriétaires fonciers > Inde.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Land tenure.
Land tenure > Law and legislation.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women landowners.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This edited volume analyzes the different degrees of discrimination meted out to women by the country's inheritance laws and the corresponding customary practices in tribal societies. It also exposes the current socio-legal structure in the country, which systematically denies women the accessibility to and ownership of productive resources. Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership is XIth in the series 'Land Reforms in India', initiated by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. The volume contains 14 well-researched chapters through which distinguished scholars.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxv, 314 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132105367
8132105362

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