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  • The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Belgium is a paradoxical case: a country that some argue should not exist, yet one that has been a model of both democratic innovation and political fragmentation. The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics dissects Belgium's unique institutional architecture, its complex linguistic and community divides, and its evolving federal structure. Despite its small size and historically precarious existence ... Read more

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  • Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas

    Resisting Institutions

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited collection explores how party politics impacts the implementation of gender quotas in political representation across Europe. Contributors identify actors, institutions, and cultural legacies shape how quotas are put into practice. The volume’s subtitle, Resisting Institutions, points to the myriad ways in which parties and other institutions in Europe over time have resisted the ... Read more

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  • The Symbolic Representation of Gender

    A Discursive Approach

    What is symbolic representation? Since Hanna Pitkin’s seminal The Concept of Representation, the symbolic has been the least studied dimension of political representation. Innovatively adopting a discursive approach, this book - the first full-length treatment of symbolic representation - focuses on gender issues to tackle important questions such as: What are women and men symbols of, and how is ... Read more

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  • The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality

    Stretching, Bending and Policy-Making

    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    This book explores the discursive constructions of gender equality and the implications of these understandings in a broad range of policy fields.Using gender equality as a prime example, a number of internationally renowned scholars offer a new vocabulary to identify and study processes of the reduction, amplification, shifting or freezing of meaning. The main aim of the book is to understand the ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Belgium

    Governing a Divided Society

    The third edition of this highly respected book covers the numerous political developments that have taken place in Belgium since 2012.This book features topics such as the implementation of the sixth state reform, the rebranding of political parties with new party leaders, several elections at all levels of government (from local to European) leading to new governing coalitions, democratic ... Read more

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    TTIP in a Globalized World

    Series series Globalisation, Europe, and Multilateralism
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    Teachers Unions and Education Systems around the World

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