How men became the local agents of change towards gender equality

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-18

  Bjørnholt, Margunn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Masculinity; Men; Part time; Power; Work family reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953287709     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2010.514210     Document Type: Article

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