Women and work in South Asia : regional patterns and perspectives /: regional patterns and perspectives. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Saraswati Raju and Deipica Bagchi.
• Other Names: Raju, Saraswati; Bagchi, Deipica
• Contents: Work in South Asia: an interregional perspective / Kalpana Bardhan -- Gender and caste inequities in workforce participation in urban India: a sociospatial interpretation / Saraswati Raju -- Women, agriculture and the sexual division of labour: a three-state comparison / Joan Mencher -- The household economy and women's work in Nepal / Meena Acharya -- The household and extrahousehold work of rural women in a changing resource environment in Madhya Pradesh, India / Deipica Bagchi -- Women's work in a central Indian village: a photo essay / Doranne Jacobson. Agricultural development and work pattern of women in a north Indian village / Huma Ahmed-Ghosh -- Division of labour and women's work in a mountain society: Hunza Valley in Pakistan / Sabine Felmy -- Towards increased autonomy? Peasant women's work in the north-central province of Sri Lanka / Joke Schrijvers -- Women and families' economic organisation in a Punjabi village, Pakistan / Joyce Aschenbrenner -- In sum and looking beyond: suggestions for future research / Deipica Bagchi and Saraswati Raju.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 331.4/0954; Women -- Employment -- South Asia; Women -- Employment; Vrouwenarbeid; Frauenarbeit; Aufsatzsammlung; South Asia; Südasien; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134522507; 1134522509
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.