Mainstreaming gender in the european union: Getting the incentives right

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-138

  Hafner Burton, Emilie M ^a   Pollack, Mark A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; European Commission; European Union; Gender; Mainstreaming; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650221082     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2008.37     Document Type: Article

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