When do national movements adopt or reject international agendas? A comparative analysis of the Chinese and Indian women's movements

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 921-942

  Liu, Dongxiao ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMINISM; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED NATIONS; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846688697     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100603     Document Type: Article

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