Organizing for social change through cooperative action: The [dis]empowering dimensions of women's communication

Communication Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-123

  Papa, Michael J ^a   Singhal, Arvind ^a   Ghanekar, Dattatray V ^b   Papa, Wendy H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Dairy Development Board India   (India)

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EID: 0034134655     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2000.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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