The hidden side of group behaviour: A gender analysis of community forestry in South Asia

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Binaen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialIndiaen
dc.coverage.spatialNepalen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.coverage.temporal1998 - 1999en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:30:57Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:30:57Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractCommunities managing common pool resources, such as forests, constitute a significant example of group functioning. In recent years community forestry groups have mushroomed in South Asia. But how participative, equitable and efficient are they? In the short term, many have done well in regenerating degraded lands. Are they, however, performing at their best potential, and will they sustain? Equally, are the benefits and costs being shared equitably between rich and poor households and between women and men? The paper demonstrates that seemingly successful groups can cloak significant gender exclusions, inequities and inefficiencies. It argues that these outcomes can be traced especially to rules, norms, perceptions, and the personal and household endowments and attributes of those participating. Reducing the gender bias embedded in these factors would depend on women's bargaining power with the State, the community and the family. The paper outlines the likely determinants of women's bargaining power in these arenas, and analyzes ground experience in terms of progress made and dilemmas encountered.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier3241en
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-19-925692-1en
dc.identifier.isbn0199256926en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67376en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherOxford; New York: Oxford University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Heyer, J., F. Stewart and R. Thorp (eds.). Group Behaviour and Development: Is the Market Destroying Cooperation?, 186-208en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectCommon property resourcesen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectCommunity forestsen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectBargainingen
dc.subjectPoweren
dc.subjectCommunity forestry groupsen
dc.subjectEfficiencyen
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectEquityen
dc.subjectGender structural inequalitiesen
dc.subjectGender biasen
dc.subjectSouth asiaen
dc.titleThe hidden side of group behaviour: A gender analysis of community forestry in South Asiaen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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