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Valuing Work, Valuing Care: Policy Logics, Context and Parental Choice

Work-Family Balance, Gender and Policy. By Jane Lewis, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Mass., Edward Elgar, 2009. 255 pp. $115 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-84844-211-5

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Craig, L. Valuing Work, Valuing Care: Policy Logics, Context and Parental Choice. Sex Roles 63, 598–600 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9808-0

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