Reclaiming 'agency', reasserting resistance

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Wilson, Kalpana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MARGINALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 59649099814     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2008.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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