The constraints on civil society beyond the state: Gender-based insecurity in Meghalaya, India

Voluntas

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-384

  McDuie Ra, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil society; Gender; Human security; Identity politics; India; Meghalaya

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SECURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37049021597     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-007-9047-3     Document Type: Article

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