Organising the old: Senior authority and the political significance of a rural Chinese 'Non-Governmental Organisation'

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1057-1078

  Hansen, Mette Halskov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RURAL POLITICS; VILLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN;

EID: 48549088549     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X07002946     Document Type: Article

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