Women's Soccer in the United States and the Netherlands: Differences and Similarities in Regimes of Inequalities

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-370

  Knoppers, Annelies ^a   Anthonissen, Anton ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0347301721     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.20.4.351     Document Type: Article

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