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Methodological and theoretical issues in the comparative analysis of gender relations in Western Europe. / Walby, Sylvia.
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 26, No. 9, 1994, p. 1339-1354.

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Walby S. Methodological and theoretical issues in the comparative analysis of gender relations in Western Europe. Environment and Planning A. 1994;26(9):1339-1354. doi: 10.1068/a261339

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