Women's emancipation and civil society organisations : : challenging or maintaining the status quo? / / edited by Christina Schwabenland [and three others].

Women are at the heart of civil society organisations (CSOs) that challenge oppressive practices at a local and global level and develop outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet CSO research tends to ignore considerations of gender, and the rich history of activist feminist organisations is rarel...

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Place / Publishing House:Bristol, England ;, Chicago, Illinois : : Policy Press,, 2016.
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Year of Publication:2017
2016
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (390 pages) :; illustrations, photographs, maps, tables
Notes:Previously issued in print: 2016.
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