Political disempowerment among older people in Hong Kong

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-329

  Ping Kwong, K A M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Older people; Political disempowerment; Political participation; Political powerlessness; Social construction of political disempowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442902761     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006791120438     Document Type: Article

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