Leading feminist scholars provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land in various regions around the world.
- A searching treatment of gender and access to land around the world.
- Includes contributions by leading feminist scholars in the field.
- Combines theoretical reflections with concrete case studies.
- Covers diverse regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Central Asia.
- Several articles are based on original and extensive field research carried out over the past two years in, for example, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Brazil.
1. Editorial Introduction: Terence J. Byres and Henry Bernstein (both at University of London).
2. Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights: Shahra Razavi (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva).
3. Global Capitalism, Deflation and Agrarian Crisis in Developing Countries: Utsa Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University).
4. Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary: Anne Whitehead (University of Sussex) and Dzodzi Tsikata (University of Ghana).
5. Piety in the Sky? Gender Policy and Land Reform in South Africa: Cherryl Walker.
6. Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania: Dzodzi Tsikata (lives in Durham).
7. Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market: Bina Agarwal (University of Delhi).
8. The Cry for Land: Agrarian Reform, Gender and Land Rights in Uzbekistan: Deniz Kandiyoti (University of London).
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