Constructing social citizenship: The exclusion of African American women from unemployment insurance in the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Lovell, Vicky ^a  

^a Institute for Women's Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Class; Gender; Race; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036663689     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210167332     Document Type: Article

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