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Freedom of choice, gender equality, or employment promotion? Finnish party positions on childcare in the light of election manifestos 2015

Josefine NybyÅbo Akademi University, Vasa, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mikael NygårdÅbo Akademi University, Vasa, FinlandORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-4114
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Janne AuttoUniversity of Lapland, Rovaniemi, FinlandORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-9781
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Mikko KuismaOxford Brookes University, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4769-7007
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Pages 279-297 | Published online: 03 Jul 2017

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Appendix: the analysed programmes

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