Do enterprise support programmes leave women holding the baby?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-19

  Rouse, Julia ^a   Kitching, John ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33644644621     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0528     Document Type: Article

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