Gender-equality as boundary: 'Gender-nation frames' in Norwegian EU campaign organizations

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-22

  Bygnes, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diversity; Nordic; North south divide; Politics of belonging; Social movement organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857741593     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506811425882     Document Type: Article

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