Appearances can be deceptive: Gender in the Israeli welfare state

Social Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 292-324

  Ajzenstadt, Mimi ^a   Gal, John ^a  

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ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEN'S HEALTH; PATERNALISM; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GENDER IDENTITY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ISRAEL; MEN'S HEALTH; PATERNALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0035564047     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/8.3.292     Document Type: Article

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