Mainstreaming international governance: The environment, gender, and IO performance in the European Union

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-313

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

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cutting mandates; Environmental policy; European Union; Gender mainstreaming; Impact assessment; International organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956474490     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-010-9091-4     Document Type: Article

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