The Japanese Paradox: Women's Voices of Fulfillment in the Face of Inequalities

Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 237-256

  Ogasawara, Yuko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic resources; Gender inequalities; Human beings; Japan; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749097572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753576.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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