Motherhood, paid work and partnering: Values and theories

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 309-330

  Duncan, Simon ^a   Edwards, Rosalind ^b   Reynolds, Tracey ^b   Allred, Pam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Families; Individualization; Moral rationalities; Paid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037821607     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017003017002005     Document Type: Article

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