Developing Countries and New Democracies Matter: An Overview of Research on State Feminism Worldwide

Politics and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-541

  Valiente, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 51249160059     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X07000372     Document Type: Review

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