Work and empowerment: Women and agriculture in South India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-315

  Rao, Smriti ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; BARGAINING; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HISTORY; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AGRICULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; TELANGANA;

EID: 79251641223     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.506910     Document Type: Article

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