Towards a politics of collective empowerment: Learning from hill women in rural Uttarakhand, India

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Sharma, Divya ^a   Sudarshan, Ratna M ^a  

^a Institute of Social Studies Trust   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 77956604473     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: 17595436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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