Subverting policy, surviving poverty: Women and the SGSY in rural Tamil Nadu

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 43, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Kalpana, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

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EID: 84859337010     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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