Aversions to the commodification of care: how young Swiss adults plan to organise their future families

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 500-516

  Schwiter, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

childcare; commodification; discourse analysis; division of labour; motherhood; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD CARE; ETHICS; GENDER; LABOR DIVISION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84881633010     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.731701     Document Type: Article

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