Poor Women as Economic Agents: The Neo-Liberal State and Gender in India and the US

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-24

  Vasavi, A R ^a   Kingfisher, Catherine P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 8344236921     PISSN: 09715215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097152150301000102     Document Type: Article

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