Do working mothers oppress other women? the swedish "maid debate" and the welfare state politics of gender equality

Signs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-184

  Bowman, John R ^a   Cole, Alyson M ^a  

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EID: 70350091406     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599289     Document Type: Article

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