“Walking the walk”? the state and gender transformations in the “new” south africa

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-84

  McEwan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POST-APARTHEID; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033929196     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2000.9713687     Document Type: Article

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