“Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women

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“Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women. / Øland, Trine.

I: Social Politics - International Studies in Gender State and Society, 05.2024.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Øland, T 2024, '“Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women', Social Politics - International Studies in Gender State and Society.

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Øland, T. (Accepteret/In press). “Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women. Social Politics - International Studies in Gender State and Society.

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Øland T. “Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women. Social Politics - International Studies in Gender State and Society. 2024 maj.

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Øland, Trine. / “Maybe we should start paying the hours properly”: State violence and ambivalent moments of enforced emancipation of refugee women. I: Social Politics - International Studies in Gender State and Society. 2024.

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