Recognizing (and resisting) regulation: Attitudes to the introduction of civil partnership

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 740-760

  Harding, Rosie ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil partnership; Gay men; Governmentality; Legal consciousness; Lesbians

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349158791     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708096916     Document Type: Article

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