Neoliberalism, gender inequality and the Australian labour market

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-63

  Van Gellecum, Yolanda ^a   Baxter, Janeen ^a   Western, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Gender; Labour market inequality; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949213449     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783307085842     Document Type: Article

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