Inequality, intersectionality and the politics of discourse: Framing feminist alliances

The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality: Stretching, Bending and Policymaking

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 86-104

  Ferree, Myra Marx ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84919569387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881330     Document Type: Chapter

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