Gendering democracy: feminist parliamentary responses to opposition against gender equality.
Gendering democracy in parliaments faces a wave of active opposition against gender equality by far-right parties and anti-gender movements in Europe. In this adverse context, advancing gender equality policies relies on discourses and practices that address this opposition. What are the feminist pa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 749 - 764 |
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Jul2025
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