Women's collective economic strategies and political transformation in rural South Africa

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Oberhauser, Ann M ^a   Pratt, Amy ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL CHANGE; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142744822     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369042000218464     Document Type: Article

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