For love and money: The political economy of commercial surrogacy

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-309

  Spar, Debora L ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Family law; Feminist theory; International trade; Mothers; Reproduction; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744438630     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290500105615     Document Type: Article

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