The economics of social subordination : gender relations and market failure in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

This thesis is concerned with the causes and consequences of the market failure that is generated by the social subordination of women in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is argued that the development impasse in PNG, noted by a number of observers, has its principle antecedents in the ex...

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Main Author: Overfield, Duncan
Other Authors: Preston, D.
Published: University of Leeds 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495626