Theories of Gender Stratification: Assumptions, Evidence, and “Agency” and “Equity” Implications

Rationality and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 341-366

  Fiorentine, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84970123326     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463193005003004     Document Type: Article

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