The construction of gendered citizenship at the welfare office: An ethnographic comparison of welfare-to-work workshops in the United States and the Netherlands

Social Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-340

  Korteweg, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33750135193     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxl005     Document Type: Review

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