Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5074330 Geoforum 2011 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Social remittances are mediated by politics of gender and kin-based leadership. ► Social remittances do not translate straightforwardly into collective action. ► Female returnees contribute to origin village through 'behind the scenes' strategies. ► Their contributions are also through deference to patriarchal and clan authority. ► Village politics pursues gender and kin-based lines of authority.
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Return migration and the reiteration of gender norms in water management politics: Insights from a Chinese village
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