Does gender mainstreaming work? Feminist engagements with the German agricultural state

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-195

  Prügl, Elisabeth ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Feminist state theory; Gender mainstreaming; Germany; Rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649090428     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740902789542     Document Type: Review

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