Gendered political opportunities? Elite alliances, electoral cleavages, and activity choice among women's groups in the UK, France, and Germany

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-79

  Poloni Staudinger, Lori M ^a   Ortbals, Candice D ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity choice; Gender; Opportunity structures; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952500271     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2011.545227     Document Type: Article

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