Liberal visions and actual power in grassroots civil society: Local churches and women's empowerment in rural Malawi

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 273-301

  VonDoepp, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPOWERMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; POWER RELATIONS; RELIGION; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

MALAWI;

EID: 0036315756     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X02003919     Document Type: Article

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