The Varieties of Gender Theory in Sociology

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-23

  Chafetz, Janet Saltzman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic Labor; Feminist Theory; Gender Inequality; Rational Choice Theory; Sociological Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126210002     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36218-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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