Who else will support us? How poor women organise the unorganisable in India

Community Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-209

  Abbott, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; SELF-ORGANISATION; WOMEN'S GROUP; WOMEN'S GROUPS; WOMEN'S ISSUE; WOMEN'S ISSUES;

INDIA;

EID: 0031456019     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/32.3.199     Document Type: Article

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