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Gender and decision making in Balinese agriculture
Author(s) -
Jha Nitish
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.2004.31.4.552
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , agriculture , division of labour , sociology , making of , gender relations , economics , gender studies , ecology , management , market economy , biology , communication
To be analytically useful, the concept of the division of labor needs to take into account decision making as a gendered activity. Decision making is all‐important in the retinue of agricultural activities, but gender dynamics in various social units differentially affect the participation of women in it. In Bali, households and irrigation communities, called subak , each manage different aspects of rice cultivation. Distinct sets of factors account for the dissimilar participation of women and men in decision making in the two domains.