Explaining the recent upturn in divorce in Indonesia: Developmental idealism and the effect of political change

Asian Journal of Social Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 776-796

  Cammack, Mark ^a   Heaton, Tim ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; gender equality; Islam and gender; media; modernization; women's rights

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIVORCE; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISLAMISM; MARRIAGE; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84858661626     PISSN: 15684849     EISSN: 15685314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853111X619229     Document Type: Article

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