A uniform customary code? Marital breakdown and women's economic entitlements in rural Bijnor

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-32

  Jeffery, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

BIJNOR; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 0034831150     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670103500102     Document Type: Article

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