Gender and civil society in Central and Eastern Europe

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-190

  Einhorn, Barbara ^a   Sever, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Civil society; Feminism; Gender; Gender and nationalism; Transformation; Transition; Women's movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644470395     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461674032000080558     Document Type: Article

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