Policy developments for workplace gender equity in a global era: The importance of the EU in the UK

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-64

  Walby, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER RELATIONS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042785837     PISSN: 02784416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-1338.00004     Document Type: Article

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