The cooptation of gender concepts in EU policies: The case of "reconciliation of work and family"

Social Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-56+145

  Stratigaki, Maria ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

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EID: 4344643328     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxh025     Document Type: Article

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