Communities, care and domestic violence

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 722-747

  Wilcox, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Gendered power relations; Inter personal violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER RELATIONS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749340928     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306068471     Document Type: Article

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