Civil society in South Africa: Learning from gender themes

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-238

  Hirschmann, David ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Democracy; Feminism; Gender; South Africa; Violence

Indexed keywords

GENDER CONCEPTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031861119     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10021-3     Document Type: Article

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