Performing Participatory Citizenship - Politics and Power in Kerala's Kudumbashree Programme

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1261-1280

  Williams, Glyn ^a   Thampi, Binitha V ^b   Narayana, D ^c   Nandigama, Sailaja ^d   Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 80052140421     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.527949     Document Type: Article

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