The great equalizer?: Globalization effects on gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade: History, Theory, and Empirical Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 177-214

  Seguino, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 84917243894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203966389     Document Type: Chapter

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