Reclaiming feminist futures: Co-opted and progressive politics in a neo-liberal age

Political Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 634-651

  Eschle, Catherine ^a   Maiguashca, Bice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminism; Left; Neo liberalism; Progressive; Radical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908329291     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12046     Document Type: Article

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