Paradoxes of (dis)empowerment in the postcolony: women, culture and social capital in Ghana

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 119-135

  Bawa, Sylvia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

culture; Empowerment; identity; postcolonial; social capital

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; MODEL VALIDATION; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS STATUS;

GHANA;

EID: 84957851387     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1086636     Document Type: Article

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