Care arrangements and bargains: Anganwadi and paid domestic workers in India

International Labour Review

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-527

  Palriwala, Rajni ^a   Neetha, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Centre for Women's Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC WORK; HEALTH WORKER;

INDIA;

EID: 79955028276     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2010.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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