Stretching and bending gender equality: A discursive politics approach

The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality: Stretching, Bending and Policymaking

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-18

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Human Sciences   (Austria)

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EID: 77954140611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881330     Document Type: Chapter

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