Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised: Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives

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Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised : Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives. / Abrahamson, Peter.

I: Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, Bind 2015, Nr. 1, 03.2015, s. 67-79.

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Abrahamson, P 2015, 'Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised: Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives', Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, bind 2015, nr. 1, s. 67-79. <https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/KKF/article/view/71975/129233>

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Abrahamson, P. (2015). Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised: Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives. Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2015(1), 67-79. https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/KKF/article/view/71975/129233

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Abrahamson P. Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised: Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives. Kvinder, Køn & Forskning. 2015 mar.;2015(1):67-79.

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Abrahamson, Peter. / Gender and Welfare Regimes Revised : Connecting Chinese and Danish Perspectives. I: Kvinder, Køn & Forskning. 2015 ; Bind 2015, Nr. 1. s. 67-79.

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