Challenging National Regimes From Below: Toronto Child-Care Politics

Politics and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-78

  Mahon, Rianne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 43249133704     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X07070043     Document Type: Article

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