From resistance to advocacy: Political representation for disabled people in China

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 207, 2011, Pages 649-667

  Chen, Xi ^a   Xu, Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 82555204181     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741011000695     Document Type: Article

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