Reregulating Breadwinner Models in Socially Conservative Welfare Systems: Comparing Germany and Japan

Social Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Gottfried, Heidi ^a   O'Reilly, Jacqueline ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0345116110     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/9.1.29     Document Type: Review

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