Paradoxes of intersectionality: Theorizing inequality in the Dutch police force through structure and agency

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-75

  Boogaard, Brendy ^a   Roggeband, Conny ^b  

^a Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Ethnicity; Gender; Managing diversity; Police force

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149108196     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409350042     Document Type: Article

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