Public sector adjustment and the threat to gender equality

Public Sector Shock: The Impact of Policy Retrenchment in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 43-83

  Rubery, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881778316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781955352.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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