The disconnection between policy practices and women's lived experiences: Combining work and life in the UK and the Netherlands

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-427

  Yerkes, Mara ^a   Standing, Kay ^b   Wattis, Louise ^c   Wain, Susanna ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy; The Netherlands; UK; Women's employment; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149443373     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668801003619407     Document Type: Article

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