Gendered ageism/age(ed) sexism: The case of unemployed older workers

Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 201-223

  Mcmullin, Julie Ann ^a   Berger, Ellie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 51149104514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203943434     Document Type: Chapter

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