No (Wo)man's land: The post-socialist purgatory of Czech female factory workers

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-592

  Weiner, Elaine S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 31444436350     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.4.572     Document Type: Review

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