Gender policies and the position of women in the police force in European countries

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-405

  Van der Lippe, Tanja ^a   Graumans, Anne ^b   Sevenhuijsen, Selma ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Labour Party ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Force; Gender equality; Mainstreaming; Occupational culture; Police

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; POLICE FORCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRIA; BENELUX; CATALONIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744284164     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928704046880     Document Type: Article

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