Terror as a Bargaining Instrument : A Case Study of Dowry Violence in Rural India

The authors examine how domestic violence may be used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a spouse's family. The phrase "dowry violence" refers not to the paid at the time of the wedding, but to additional payments demanded by the groom's family after the m...

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Main Authors: Bloch, Francis, Rao, Vijayendra
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21580