'Things are getting better all the time'?: Challenging the narrative of women's progress from a generational perspective

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-437

  Everingham, Christine ^a   Stevenson, Deborah ^b   Warner Smith, Penny ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender; Generations; Mannheim; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249660176     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507076615     Document Type: Article

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