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Engaging with the politics of downward rescaling: representing women in regional development policymaking in Québec (Canada)

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Masson, D. Engaging with the politics of downward rescaling: representing women in regional development policymaking in Québec (Canada). GeoJournal 65, 301–313 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-0025-x

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