Terror as a bargaining instrument
Subtitle: a case-study of dowry violence in rural India
By: F. Bloch and V. Rao
Series: Discussion paper / IRES Institut de recherches économiques et sociales -- no 9920; Discussion paper (Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Institut de recherches économiques et sociales) -- no 9920
Publisher: Université catholique de Louvain
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Louvain-la-Neuve
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Dowry; Economic aspects; Women; Crimes against; Family violence; Rural women; Social conditions; Rural crimes
Description: Some aspects of violent behavior are linked to economic incentives. In India, domestic violence is used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family after the marriage has taken place.
Notes: "D/1999/3082/20"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23).

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