'Resistors,' 'Helpless victims,' and 'Willing participants': The construction of women's resistance in Canadian anti-violence policy

Social Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-184

  Paterson, Stephanie ^a  

^a Simone DeBeauvoir Institute   (Canada)

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EID: 77952521361     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxq001     Document Type: Article

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