Community work as women's work? The gendering of English neighbourhood partnerships

Community Development Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-340

  Grimshaw, Lucy ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959699305     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsr034     Document Type: Article

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