Enter microcredit: A new culture of women's empowerment in Rajasthan?

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-465

  Moodie, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalocentrism; Caste relations; Microcredit; Rajasthan; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349102344     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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