'Because they have all the power and I have none': State restructuring of income and employment supports and disabled women's lives in Ontario, Canada

Disability and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-32

  Chouinard, Vera ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 11844287557     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759042000283610     Document Type: Review

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