Continental transnational activism and women workers' networks within NAFTA

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 216-239

  Edme Dominguez, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Free trade gender; NAFTA women; Transborder cooperation; Transnational women's networks; Women workers cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142275330     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740210135432     Document Type: Article

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