Foucault, feminists and funders: A study of power and policy in feminist organisations

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-150

  English, Leona M ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

discourse; feminism; knowledge; policy; post structuralism; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066325091     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2005.11661513     Document Type: Article

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