Sowing the seeds of its own failure: Implementing the concept of gender mainstreaming

Social Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-489

  Meier, Petra ^a   Celis, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 84055193126     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxr020     Document Type: Article

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