Exploitation or opportunity? The contradictions of child-care policy in the contemporary united states

Women and Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-80

  Tuominen, Mary ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347304614     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v18n01_03     Document Type: Article

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