Reinstitutionalizing families: Life course policy and marriage in the military

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1063-1081

  Lundquist, Jennifer ^a   Xu, Zhun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Institutionalization; Life course policy; Marriage; Military

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906815185     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12131     Document Type: Article

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