Rescaling social reproduction: Childcare in Toronto/Canada and Stockholm/Sweden

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 341-357

  Mahon, Rianne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ONTARIO; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; TORONTO;

EID: 27744526639     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00588.x     Document Type: Review

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