Women's Rights to House and Land : : China, Laos, and Vietnam / / ed. by Irene Tinker, Gale Summerfield.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Aslanbeigui, Nahid,; Hopkins, Barbara,; Ireson, W. Randall,; Ireson-Doolittle, Carol,; Juanhong, Fei,; Ngoc Du, Thai Thi,; Pyle, Jean Larson,; Sowerwine, Jennifer,; Summerfield, Gale,; Thi Lich, Hoang,; Tinker, Irene,; Van Anh, Tran Thi,; Viravong, Manivone,; Warren, Dia,; Weisha, Li,; Xin, Bu,; Zhangling, Wei,; Zongmin, Li,
• HerausgeberIn: Summerfield, Gale,; Tinker, Irene,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 p.)

Gender disparities frequently accompany rapid socioeconomic change, as cultural traditions that protected women—even as they constrained them—collapse in the face of development reforms. This collaborative volume, involving both Asian and U.S. scholars, explores the impact of changes in women’s rights to housing and land in three socialist countries that are moving toward market economies. The authors focus on such issues as property use and ownership, efforts to recognize women’s economic rights through development programming, poverty and women-headed households, and household bargaining. The final chapter surveys the impact of various development policies, highlighting successes and failures.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Women's Empowerment Through Rights to House and Land -- 2 Economic Development, Housing, and the Family: Is the Singapore Approach an Appropriate Model? -- PART 1 : VIETNAM -- 3 Women Influencing Housing in Ho Chi Minh City -- 4 Women's Access to Housing in Hanoi -- 5 Women and Rural Land in Vietnam -- 6 Cultivating the Forest: Gendered Land Use Among the Tay in Northern Vietnam -- 7 New Land Rights and Women's Access to Medicinal Plants in Northern Vietnam -- PART 2: LAOS -- 8 Gender and Changing Property Rights in Laos -- 9 Reforming Property Rights in Laos -- PART 3: CHINA -- 10 Chinese Women's Housing Rights: An International Legal Perspective -- 11 Housing Reform in Urban China -- 12 The Impacts of Shanghai Housing Reform -- 13 State and Market Provision of Housing in Shanghai -- 14 The Housing Situation for Women in Beijing -- 15 Changes in Housing Patterns for Rural Chinese Women -- 16 Changing Land and Housing Use by Rural Women in Northern China -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book