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    Jane D. McLeod

  3. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

    Bernice A. Pescosolido

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Fenwick, R., Tausig, M. (2007). Work and the Political Economy of Stress: Recontextualizing the Study of Mental Health/Illness in Sociology. In: Avison, W.R., McLeod, J.D., Pescosolido, B.A. (eds) Mental Health, Social Mirror. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36320-2_7

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