The Women's Question in Contemporary Indian Politics

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 39-71

  Raman, Vasanthi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Caste; Class; Democracy; India; Politics; Reservation; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035621191     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2001.11665903     Document Type: Article

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