Woman-friendly policies and state feminism: Theorizing Scandinavian gender equality

Feminist Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-224

  Borchorst, Anette ^a   Siim, Birte ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diversity; Scandinavia; State feminism; Woman friendly policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749124021     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700108090411     Document Type: Article

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