Political change and the women's movement in Hong Kong and Macau

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-35

  Lam, Wai Man ^a   Tong, Irene L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Democracy; Gender interests; Nationalism patriotism; Women's movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645984836     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2006.11666003     Document Type: Article

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