Rights of love: The state and intimate relationships in Canada and the United States

Social Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-181

  Harder, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 34548408685     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxm009     Document Type: Article

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