Democratization, women's movements, and gender-equitable states: A framework for comparison

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 668-689

  Viterna, Jocelyn ^a   Fallon, Kathleen M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRATIZATION; GENDER ISSUE; IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 56549091593     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300407     Document Type: Article

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