Beyond structures to democracy as culture

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 867-884

  Beeman, Jennifer ^a   Guberman, Nancy ^b   Lamoureux, Jocelyne ^b   Fournier, Danielle ^c   Gervais, Lise ^d  

^a Conseil d'Intervention Pour l'Acces des Femmes Au Travail ^*

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Decision making; Democracy; Meaning of democracy.; Qu bec; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849124279     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208327663     Document Type: Article

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