Out with the old, inwith the new? The changing experience of work for polish women

Work, Employment and Transition: Restructuring Livelihoods in Post-Communism

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 99-116

  Hardy, Jane ^b   Stenning, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 85070315372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994351-15     Document Type: Chapter

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