Women and Property in Urban India /

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An intimate exploration of the opportunities and constraints faced by low-income women in Ahmedabad, as throughout the Global South, in securing access to landed property.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baruah, Bipasha, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : UBC Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban women > Housing.
Right of property.
Land tenure.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Femmes en milieu urbain > Logement > Inde.
Droit de propriete > Inde.
Urban women > Housing > India.
Right of property > India.
Land tenure > India.
India.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Minding the gap : gender and property ownership
  • Locating gender and property in development discourse
  • Place matters : orientation to research location and context
  • Complicated lives : urban women and multiple vulnerabilities
  • Gendered realities : property ownership and tenancy relationships
  • Women and housing microfinance
  • Partnership projects for urban basic services
  • Conclusions : seeing the forest and the trees.

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