Social policy and fertility change in Ireland: The push to legislate in favour of women's agency

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-96

  Murphy Lawless, Jo ^b   McCarthy, James ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*

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EID: 0033077112     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050689900600106     Document Type: Article

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