The rise of the female breadwinner: Reconfigurations of marriage, motherhood and masculinity in the global economy

New Frontiers in Fminist Political Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 62-84

  Kabeer, Naila ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925728915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315884745     Document Type: Chapter

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