Affirmative action and gender equality

The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 484-499

  Crosby, Faye J ^a   Sabattini, Laura ^b   Aizawa, Michiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hitotsubashi University ^*

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84928793636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269930.n29     Document Type: Chapter

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