Intersectionality and public policy: Some lessons from existing models

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Hankivsky, Olena ^a   Cormier, Renee ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

inequalities; inequities; intersectionality; multistrand approach; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952473961     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910376385     Document Type: Article

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