Men at Work: Change—or No Change?—in the Era of the “New Father”

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-26

  Ranson, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

family; father involvement; fathering; parenting; policy; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990344881     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X01004001001     Document Type: Article

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