Lone motherhood in the Nordic countries: Sole providers in dualbreadwinner regimes

Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia: Gender Relations in Welfare States

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 241-264

  Skevik, Anne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

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