Religious freedoms versus gender equality: Faith-based organizations, muslim minorities, and Islamic headscarves in the new Europe

Social Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-561

  Ghodsee, Kristen ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 38149003838     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxm022     Document Type: Article

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