Return migration and the reiteration of gender norms in water management politics: Insights from a Chinese village

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-142

  Ge, Jinghua ^a,b   Resurreccion, Bernadette P ^b   Elmhirst, Rebecca ^c  

^a Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Collective action; Feminist political ecology; Gender; Return migration; Social remittances; Water management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FEMINISM; GENDER; LEADERSHIP; POLITICS; RETURN MIGRATION; VILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79952486510     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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