Rural landlessness, extended entitlements and inter-household relations in south Asia

A Bangladesh case

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2159121
AutoresDoreen Marie Indra, Norman Buchignani
Año1997
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas25-64
Fecha de publicación1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066159708438642
OpenAlexW2001403654
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas28

This article shows how people in one part of Bangladesh rendered landless and impoverished by river bank erosion make innovative use of kinship and other ideologies legitimating reciprocity and mutual aid to re-establish themselves rent-free on the land of others. It thereby addresses a larger empirical issue: where are the fully landless rural poor in South Asia living, and through what means? Theoretically, it extends Drèze and Sen's analysis of entitlements and poverty to instances of inter-household cooperative conflict and mutual aid among extremely poor people. A culturally informed, gender disaggregated analysis of those locally called uthuli because they have settled on others' land without monetary payment demonstrates that women's 'extended entitlements' [Drèze and Sen, 1989:10] as daughters, sisters and mothers are often critical assets in establishing residence. Women are also key agents in the establishment and maintenance of uthuli residence and in managing the benefits stemming from it. Using this approach, we show how landless women's entitlements are pivotal in securing access to a houseplot for themselves and their families

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South asia · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms · Social and Economic Development in India