Towards a radical re-appropriation: Gender, development and neoliberal feminism

Development and Change

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 803-832

  Wilson, Kalpana ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84943363157     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12176     Document Type: Article

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