Discursive dynamics in gender equality politics: What about 'feminist taboos'?

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-123

  Lombardo, Emanuela ^a   Meier, Petra ^b   Verloo, Mieke ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discursive politics; Feminist taboos; Gender equality; Policies reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952203113     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506809359562     Document Type: Article

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