Female involvement in the miners' strike 1984-1985: Trajectories of activism

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Spence, Jean ^a   Stephenson, Carol ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masculine understandings of female activism; Miners' strike

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847660031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1461     Document Type: Article

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