Crossbreeding institutions, breeding struggle: Women's empowerment, neoliberal governmentality, and state (re)formation in India

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-95

  Sharma, Aradhana ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Feminism; India; Neoliberal governmentality; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144484391     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.1.60     Document Type: Article

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