This article makes the case for the investigation of the post-adoption stages of gender
equality policies. We develop the Gender Equality Policy in Practice Approach, built on:(1) …

ABSTRACT The Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women
and domestic violence is contested across Europe by a strong anti-gender rhetoric, posing a …

Scholars and NGOs have been raising alarms about the increasing political restraints that
civil society organizations face globally. In this paper, we argue that closure is in fact a …

Trends of de-democratization across Europe and the Americas are emerging, along with
opposition to gender equality and threats to previous gender equality policy gains. Yet de …

Trends of de-democratization across Europe and the Americas emerge along with
opposition to gender equality and threats to previous gender equality policy achievements …

Gender and politics literature has a strong focus on policy progress and the conditions that
facilitate progressive change. Yet, increased opposition to gender equality makes it urgent to …

This research contributes to the study of populist radical right parties'(PRRPs) role in
gendered democratic backsliding by analyzing their articulation and symbolic representation …

The chapter introduces mainstream approaches to social constructivism in European
Integration theory in the following section, identifying what they miss out by not incorporating …

According to recent scholarship, populist governments engage in “unpolitics,” a repudiation
of politics as the process of resolving conflict, including on the level of the EU. We propose …

Gender and policy studies needs to face challenges and cross boundaries if the discipline is
to develop. This article argues that gender and policy studies needs to explicitly foreground …