Shifting institutional and ideational terrains: The impact of Europeanisation and neoliberalism on women's policy agencies

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-368

  Kantola, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europeanisation; Gender outcomes; State feminism; Women's policy agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956251961     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X521053     Document Type: Article

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