Gaining Autonomy in Self-employment Processes. The Biographical Embeddedness of Women's and Migrants' Business

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-182

  Apitzsch, Ursula ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0348218975     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0390670032000087041     Document Type: Article

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