Gender and Agrarian Reforms

Informationen zum Autor Susie Jacobs is Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, USA. Zusammenfassung This book presents an overview of gender and agrarian reform experiences globally, highlighting case studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Jacobs also compares agrarian and land reforms organized along collective lines as well as those organizing along individual household lines. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Theoretical Perspectives 1. Debates over Agrarian Reform 2. Concepts for a Gendered Analysis of Agrarian Reform 3. The Gendered Effects of Household Models of Land Reform Part II: Collectives and Decollectivisations 4. Gender and Agricultural Collectives: Soviet-type Economies 5. China: From Collectivisation to the Household Responsibility System 6. Viet Nam: Egalitarian Land Reform Part III: Household Models of Reform and Alternatives 7. Mobilisation and Marginalisation: Latin American Examples 8. Land Reforms, Customary Law and Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa 9. Conclusion

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• Authors: Susie Jacobs, Susie (Manchester Metropolitan University Jacobs, Jacobs Susie, Susie Jacobs
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2009
• EAN: 9780415376488
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37648-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place; Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Gender studies, gender groups, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries