The promotion of women's cooperatives in Mexico: Is feminist technical assistance an oxymoron?

International Planning Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-119

  Isaac, Claudia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE ORGANISATION; RURAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; WOMEN'S WORK;

MEXICO;

EID: 0029752286     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563479608721645     Document Type: Article

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