ONGOING RESEARCH
Becoming a Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways into Farming in Four Countries
The research examines young people’s pathways into farming in Canada, China, India and Indonesia. While the dominant and mainstream narratives focus on why young people leave farming, this research asks why in spite of social, economic and physical obstacles, young people are (becoming) farmers. The research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) Insight program.
Relative Contributions of Adult Daughters and Sons to Elderly Parents’ Care in India
Motivated by the limited attention in scholarly and policy on (married) daughters’ contributions to their parents, and the link between the lack of publicly financed old-age support and skewed sex ratios, the study analyses intergenerational patterns of support for elderly parents in daughter-only families in India. The study focuses on the North-west Indian state of Haryana and the South Indian state of Kerala which offer contrasting socio-cultural contexts especially with regard to women’s status, son preference and daughter deficit. Research team: Sharada Srinivasan (PI); Co-investigators: Arjun S. Bedi, Irudaya Rajan, and Aswini Nanda. The research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant.
PUBLICATIONS
Book and Book Chapters
Srinivasan, Sharada and Shuzhuo Li. 2018. “Unifying perspectives: Understanding scarce women and surplus men in China and India.” In Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India: Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics, edited by Sharada Srinivasan and Shuzhuo Li. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2012. Daughter Deficit: Sex selection in Tamil Nadu. New Delhi: Women Unlimited. (I).
Srinivasan, Sharada and Shuzhuo Li, eds. 2018. Scarce women and surplus men in China and India: Macro demographics versus local dynamics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2016. “Growing up unwanted: Girls’ experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India.” In Generationing Development: A Relational Approach to Children, Youth and Development, edited by Roy Huijsmans, 267–289. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2012. “Ensuring daughter survival in Tamil Nadu, India.” In Gender and Sustainable Social Development, edited by Shuzhuo Li, Shang Zijuan and Yang Bo, 298–333. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. (in Chinese)
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
Cassidy, Anne, Sharada Srinivasan, and Ben White. 2019. “Generational transmission of smallholder farms in late capitalism.” Editorial Introduction to the themed section titled Generational transmission of smallholder farms in late capitalism, Canadian Journal of Development Studies 40, no. 2: 220–237.
Postulart, Samantha and Sharada Srinivasan. 2018. “Daughter discrimination and son preference in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 39, no. 3: 443–459.
Qualman, D., H. Akram-Lodhi, A. Desmarais, and Sharada Srinivasan. 2018. “Forever young? The crisis of generational renewal on Canada’s farms.” Canadian Food Studies 5, no. 3: 100–127.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2018. “Transnationally relocated? Sex selection among Punjabis in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 39, no. 3: 408–425.
Vijayabaskar, M., Sudha Narayanan, and Sharada Srinivasan. 2018. “Agricultural revival and rural dividend, Review of Rural Affairs.” Economic and Political Weekly 53, no. 26 & 27: 8–16.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2005. “Daughters or dowries? The changing nature of dowry practices in South India.” World Development 33, no. 4: 593–615.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2014. “Growing up unwanted: Girls’ experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India.” European Journal of Development Research 26, no. 2: 233–246.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2015. “Between daughter deficit and development deficit: The situation of unmarried men in a south Indian community.” Economic and Political Weekly 50, no. 38: 61–70.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2017. “Cross-region migration of brides and gender relations in a daughter deficit context.” Migration and Development 16, no. 1: 123–143.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2007. “Domestic violence and dowry: Evidence from a South Indian village.” World Development 35, no. 5: 857–880.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2008. “Daughter elimination in Tamil Nadu, India: A tale of two ratios.” Journal of Development Studies 44, no. 7: 961–990.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2009. “Tamil Nadu and the diagonal divide in sex ratios” (special article). Economic and Political Weekly 44, no. 3: 56–63.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2011. “Ensuring daughter survival in Tamil Nadu, India.” Oxford Development Studies 39, no. 3: 253–283.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2013. “Census 2011 and child sex ratios in Tamil Nadu: A comment.” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 14, no. 3: 441–451.
Zivot, Chloe, Cate Dewey, Cole Heasley, Sharada Srinivasan, and Matthew Little. 2020. “Exploring the state of gender-centered health research in the context of refugee resettlement in Canada: A scoping review.” Special issue Women, Patriarchy and Health Inequalities: An unresolved Issue. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health17, no. 20: 7511.
Non-refereed Publications
Rajan, S. Irudaya, Sharada Srinivasan, and Arjun S Bedi. 2015. “Coming back to normal? Census 2011 and sex ratios in India.” Economic and Political Weekly 50, no. 52: 33–36.
Rajan, S. Irudaya, Sharada Srinivasan, and Arjun S Bedi. 2017. “Update on trends in sex ratio at birth in India” (invited commentary). Economic and Political Weekly 52, no. 11: 14–16.
Srinivasan, Sharada. 2001. “Gender bias in child mortality.” Economic and Political Weekly 36, no. 51: 4767–4768.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2009. “Girl child protection scheme in Tamil Nadu: An appraisal. “Economic and Political Weekly 44, no. 48: 10–12.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2010. “Daughter elimination: Cradle baby scheme in Tamil Nadu.” Economic and Political Weekly 45, no. 23: 17–20.
Srinivasan, Sharada and Arjun S. Bedi. 2012. “Tackling female infanticide and sex selection in Tamil Nadu: A failure?” Economic and Political Weekly 47, no. 45: 80–82.
