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Author: Bina Agarwal (, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.90cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.948kg
ISBN: 9780199569687
ISBN 10: 0199569681
Pages: 516
Publication Date: 29 July 2010
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Bina Agarwal has crafted a book of central importance in today's world. Both women and their connections with forests have been under-represented in the field, in academic research, and in policy. With analytical rigour and originality, Agarwal bridges these major gaps in our understanding of the difference women can make, when they are actively involved in forest governance. Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009 Beautifully written and soundly argued, this book makes an outstanding contribution to the fields of both environmental economics and governance. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in India and Nepal, and eschewing easy generalizations, Bina Agarwal offers a richly layered and insightful treatment of the effects of women's presence in local bodies governing village forests. Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur and co-author of Halting Degradation of Natural Resources
[A] tour de force...rigorous, insightful and broad-ranging... The book is innovative at more levels than one can list. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Indian Express Bina Agarwal has crafted a book of central importance in today's world. Both women and their connections with forests have been under-represented in the field, in academic research, and in policy. With analytical rigour and originality, Agarwal bridges these major gaps in our understanding of the difference women can make, when they are actively involved in forest governance. Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009 Beautifully written and soundly argued, this book makes an outstanding contribution to the fields of both environmental economics and governance. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in India and Nepal, and eschewing easy generalizations, Bina Agarwal offers a richly layered and insightful treatment of the effects of women's presence in local bodies governing village forests. Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur and co-author of Halting Degradation of Natural Resources
[A] tour de force...rigorous, insightful and broad-ranging... The book is innovative at more levels than one can list. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Indian Express An impressive study of women and community forestry in India and Nepal Nancy Folbre, The New York Times Bina Agarwal has crafted a book of central importance in today's world. Both women and their connections with forests have been under-represented in the field, in academic research, and in policy. With analytical rigour and originality, Agarwal bridges these major gaps in our understanding of the difference women can make, when they are actively involved in forest governance. Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009 Beautifully written and soundly argued, this book makes an outstanding contribution to the fields of both environmental economics and governance. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in India and Nepal, and eschewing easy generalizations, Bina Agarwal offers a richly layered and insightful treatment of the effects of women's presence in local bodies governing village forests. Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur and co-author of Halting Degradation of Natural Resources
Author Information
Bina Agarwal is Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester. Prior to this she was Director and Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India. Bina was awarded the 2017 Agropolis Fondation Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food in the Outstanding Career in Agricultural Development category.
