Of Ownership and Control
Krishna Menon
WOMEN, LAND AND POWER IN ASIA by Govind Kelkar Routledge, New Delhi, 2014, 400 pp., 995
February 2014, volume 38, No 2

The volume under review is remarkable for many reasons. The painstaking empirical research and the rigorous analysis of the same from a feminist perspective will make this book a very important source of reference to understand the lives, work and struggles of women in Asia. The book has papers focusing on India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.

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