The welfare state and women: Structure, agency, and diversity

Social Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-285

  Misra, Joya ^a   Akins, Frances ^a  

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EID: 0032172444     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/5.3.259     Document Type: Article

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