The promise and pitfalls of gender mainstreaming: The Swedish case

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-234

  Sainsbury, Diane ^a   Bergqvist, Christina ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feminist theory; Gender equality policies; Gender mainstreaming; Gender politics; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649083379     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740902789575     Document Type: Review

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