Title: Breaking the chains: Collective action for social justice among the rural poor of Bangladesh
Abstract: FOREWORD by Famque Ahmed vi PREFACE vii GLOSSARY viii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION by Geoffrey D. Wood 1 PART TWO: CASE STUDIES by Bosse Kramsjo 35 Greater solidarity for greater power 37 Fights for legal control ofkhas resources 41 Khas ponds Housing Rice paddies A marsh A deep tubewell Vested land Resistance to exploitation by the rich 62 Village touts False claims for religious purposes A fraudulent sharecropper Women fight for their rights 70 The life of Amena Begum from misery to dignity Women against divorce An unregistered marriage Dignity and dowry Literacy Increasing wages and incomes 82 Food for work The daily wage Equal pay for equal work Income generation 91 Popular theatre for mobilization 95 Organizational strength for greater power - the way forward 100
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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