Governing the poor: Women and the politics of community activism in England
Over the past 20 years, small-scale citizen action movements have become an integral part of the social and political landscapes of countries throughout the post-industrial west. In poor communities in particular, the protagonists of such endeavors are often women. Based on two years of fieldwork in...
Main Author: | Hyatt, Susan Brin |
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Language: | ENG |
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1996
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9709607 |
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