"If Lehman Brothers Had Been Lehman Sisters...": Gender and Myth in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

International Political Sociology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-35

  Prügl, Elisabeth ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84858321198     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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