The struggle for survival: Prospects for the women's federation in post-Mao China

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-143

  Howell, Jude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-CHINA WOMEN'S FEDERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER STUDIES; IDENTITY; WOMEN'S MOVEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0029729964     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(96)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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