Agricultural land, gender and kinship in rural China and Vietnam: A comparison of two villages

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-230

  Bélanger, Danièle ^a   Li, Xu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Gender relations; Kinship; Land tenure system; Marriage; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER RELATIONS; KINSHIP; LAND TENURE; MARRIAGE; RURAL POLICY; TENURE SYSTEM; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 63149122909     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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