Factories, forests, fields and family: Gender and neoliberalism in extractive reserves

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-347

  Hecht, Susanna B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil nuts; Extractive reserves; Sustainability; Women and development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR; NEOLIBERALISM; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 34250007413     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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