Zhang, HX (2003) Gender difference in inheritance rights: observations from a Chinese village. Journal of Peasant Studies, 30 (3-4). 252 - 277 . ISSN 0306-6150
Abstract
This article analyses inheritance in Chinese village society within a broad notion of welfare and social policy research. Its central concern is with the gendered dimension of inheritance. Based on fieldwork, the study reveals a significant gap between legislation and reality with daughters losing their statutory rights to their brothers in rural households and the village community despite the legal recognition of equal rights between women and men in property and inheritance. The article argues that while pluralist welfare provision is emphasized in promoting well-being in rural China, the problem of unequal entitlements and rights of men and women calls for more effective government actions in the form of social policy-making to combat gender discrimination and gendered exclusion, and to ensure more gender-equitable welfare outcomes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | gender, Social Policy, Inheritance, qualitative methods, rural China, intergenerational relations |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2013 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2016 02:54 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066150412331311299 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | London: Cass |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03066150412331311299 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75524 |