Escaping the mythical beast: Gender mainstreaming reconceptualised

Journal of International Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-316

  van Eerdewijk, Anouka ^a,b   Davids, Tine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency; Change; Discourse; Gender; Gender mainstreaming; Governmentalities; International development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84898055544     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.2947     Document Type: Article

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