"Doing" gender in context: Household bargaining and risk of divorce in Germany and the United States

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 442-472

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33845472493     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506417     Document Type: Article

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