Can't live with 'Em; Can't live without 'Em: Gendered segmentation in the legal profession

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Bolton, Sharon C ^a,b   Muzio, Daniel ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Legal profession; Sedimentation; Segmentation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846986365     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507072283     Document Type: Article

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