Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781405110761
Subjects: Development economics; Land rights; Political economy; Rural communities; Women's studies; Women in rural development; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Gender Studies; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Real Estate - General; Political Science / Economic Policy; WOMEN_ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; Developing countries; Women's rights; International - Economics; Case studies; Land reform
First sentence: The past two decades have witnessed significant shifts in global development agendas and policies, marked by a resurgence of laissez-faire orthodoxies and a marked ambivalence, if not outright hostility, towards the `heavy-handed' developmental state.