Gender inequality : socioeconomic analysis and developing country case studies
Clement A. Tisdell
- Singapore ; World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., c2019.
- xxxii, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Socioeconomics, gender inequality and female disadvantage : an overview -- Economic theories of the family and gender inequality -- Sex ratios, sex selection and the value of females -- Prejudice against female children : theory and survey findings from eastern India -- Gender inequality indices of the UN and their application to Asian countries -- Determinants of the intra-family status of wives : theory and a study in West Bengal -- Poverty and economically deprived women and children : their interdependence and policy -- The possession of and access to capital : its implications for gender inequality -- Human resource capital, gender inequality and sustainable development -- Ecofeminism and support for sustainable development and conservation -- Work and gender inequalities in selected Asian countries -- The abuse of women by men -- Insights based on field notes compiled in eastern India: tribals, gender issues and village life -- References.
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Sex discrimination against women--Cross-cultural studies Women--Social conditions--Cross-cultural studies Women's rights--Cross-cultural studies Equality--Cross-cultural studies Equality Sex discrimination against women Women--Social conditions Women's rights