Men, heterosexuality and the changing family: (Re)constructing fatherhood in law and social policy

Changing Family Values

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 38-58

  Collier, Richard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203479582-6     Document Type: Chapter

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