A Nordic nirvana? Gender, citizenship, and social justice in the Nordic Welfare States

Social Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-278

  Lister, Ruth ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650170366     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxp007     Document Type: Article

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