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Francesca Feo

@francescafeo.bsky.social
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Political scientist interested in gender & LGBTI+ policies, parliaments, populism, Italian politics. I work as a postdoctoral fellow at UiB, for @gendersuccess.bsky.social.

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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Join us tomorrow for the second appointment of our “Book Talks Series” !!
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Gender & Politics | Genere & Politica @genere-politica.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📢 Book Talks Series - Second appointment 📆 30 April (11:00–12:00 CEST) 🎤 Jody Metcalfe, Mandipa Bongiwe Ndlovu, Shilpi Pandey, and @alexandratomaselli.bsky.social 📘 Minority Women, Rights and Intersectionality: Agency, Power, and Participation 💻 Online event 👉 urly.it/31fgt7 Share & join us ✨
Flyer with a purple background advertising a “Book Talks” series organized by the SISP Standing Group in Gender and Politics for Spring 2026.

The title “BOOK TALKS” appears at the top, followed by the subtitle “SISP Standing Group in Gender and Politics – Spring 2026.”

The flyer lists three online events in a grid layout:

23 April (16:00–17:00 CEST): Giada Bonu Rosenkranz (Scuola Normale Superiore) presents “Safer Spaces, Feminist Movements and Emotions: Affect into Action.”

30 April (11:00–12:00 CEST): Jody Metcalfe (University of Utrecht), Mandipa Bongiwe Ndlovu (Leiden University and the University of Edinburgh), Shilpi Pandey (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and Alexandra Tomaselli (Eurac) present “Minority Women, Rights and Intersectionality: Agency, Power, and Participation.”

13 May (16:00–17:00 CEST): Massimo Prearo and Federico Trastulli (University of Verona) present “Politica e cittadinanza LGBTQIA+ tra opinione pubblica, diritti e partecipazione.”

At the bottom, the flyer notes that the events are held online, with participation available via a link (urly.it/31fgt7), and includes the logos of SISP Standing Groups and the Gender and Politics group.
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
All month long, at the @ecprtheloop.bsky.social series on #GenderingDemocracy🌈, we’re marking 8 March – International Women’s Day with a series of special pieces on feminism, gender, and democracy. Stay tuned throughout March! #IWD2026
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
All month long, at the @ecprtheloop.bsky.social series on #GenderingDemocracy🌈, we’re marking 8 March – International Women’s Day with a series of special pieces on feminism, gender, and democracy. Stay tuned throughout March! #IWD2026
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Thanks for the kind invitation and the warm welcome! It was great to see so many colleagues. I am very grateful for the collegial atmosphere and for the many thoughtful and insightful comments on our work in progress. Occasions like these are a great reminder of why I enjoy research so much!!
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Marta Fraile @martafraile.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
If you happen to be in Madrid, don’t miss the opportunity to join us. 8M is approaching, and having @francescafeo.bsky.social is a good way to remember the need to recognize and study the existence of gender inequalities in the political realm. Are you going to miss it?
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Glad to start this new adventure in such a good company! Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us! Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Excited to start this new adventure as co-editor of the “🌈 Gendering Democracy” series for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social together with @pcaravantes.bsky.social and Laura Eigenmann! Read our blog post (👇🏽) and share your research, expertise, and ideas with us! we’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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Aurora Perego @auroraperego.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
📢 Thrilled to share a new publication with elena pavan & @matteoscianna.bsky.social Building on our research in @ccindle-eu.bsky.social, we examine the foundations of Italian anti-gender rethoric on social media Open access 👉 www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3270/... #gendersky #academicsky #polisky
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Massimo Prearo @massimoprearo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📣SAVE THE DATE 📣 📆 29-30 gennaio 2026 📍Dipartimento di Scienze Umane - Università di Verona Deadline: 31 ottobre 2025 La CfP è aperta al mondo dell’accademia, dell’attivismo e delle istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di stimolare un dialogo intersettoriale. sites.dsu.univr.it/politesse/wp...
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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🌈 Hi everyone! 😯 We want to star this new academic year by announcing our lineup for the coming months. 👉 On October 2, we will start our programme with @alsogwendolyn.bsky.social! 👉 On November 6, we will have @frammaturo.bsky.social! 👉 And on December 4 with @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt!
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨Excited to begin my research stay at the Institute of Sociology, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, hosted by Prof. @bcastanho.bsky.social. Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to advancing my work in this inspiring environment! Happy to catch up on research & (academic) life, just DM!
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
✨ The Italian Standing Group on Gender and Politics has a new newsletter out! ✨ We’re really proud of this format and want to keep improving it — so if you have something you’d like to advertise in the next edition, ping me, @alavizzari.bsky.social or the @genere-politica.bsky.social account!
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Already looking forward to the best conference ever next June in Newcastle! 🥹✨ Check out the proposed sections - starting with this one below! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 #ECPG2026
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Looking forward to our #SISP2025 roundtable “Gender Rights Between Global Crises and New Resistances.” 30 yrs after Beijing & 25 yrs after UNSC 1325, we reflect on progress and challenges in the struggle for gender justice with a ⭐stellar⭐ panel of scholars & practitioners. #GenderSky
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📢 CfP Alert – Section "Gender, sexuality and intersectionality in Politics" @ SISP 2025 Check our section's programme, we have a stellar line-up of panels 😎😎 Send your abstract & join us in Naples in September! polisky gendersky academicsky P.S. caring is sharing 🙏🙏
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Hey GenderSky & PoliSky! Join us in Naples for the SISP Annual Conference! Our section “Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality in Politics” features 8 fantastic panels — they’re waiting for your paper proposals! Plus… we’ve got a few surprises in the works for the #BeijingPlatform anniversary 😉
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Such an important call by @katalincseh.bsky.social to respond to Orban’s hideous Pride ban👇 Please share it widely & write your representatives. Also: no one from the @ec.europa.eu has offered more than deep concerns so far #SeeYouAtBudapestPride 🏳️‍🌈 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Not long now until registration for our conference closes - you have until tomorrow! All participants must register to attend the conference. We will be in the glorious city of Barcelona. Please join us! 🦉
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you want to learn more about the Vatican‘s central role in this, you should read Ayoub and Stoeckl‘s new book on the global fight against LGBTI rights nyupress.org/978147982479...
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The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights
Winner, 2025 ISA LGBTQA Caucus Book PrizeAn in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights—and how the LGBTI movement responds to itIn the pa...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Vatican under Pope Francis was a driving force behind the movement against “gender ideology”. It has not only massively empowered anti-LGBTQ+ hostility but provided an essential building block for current gloabl far-right authoritarianism. It‘s infuriating to see the undifferentiated praise.
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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05
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Summer School for Women in Political Methodology
20 to 26 July 2025 at the University of Bremen
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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I cannot recommend this summer school enough!
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Hey GenderSky and PoliSky! The ERC project @gendersuccess.bsky.social is hiring! Interested in gender & representation and skilled in survey methods? Join us for a 2-year research position — great conditions, exciting project, fantastic team of colleagues!! Feel free to DM me for more info 🚀
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
There's an upcoming SAGE webinar that may interest our followers: How to Do Research and Get Published—Research By and About Women ⚠️ Sign up here: sagepub.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #gendersky #polisky
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Do Research and Get Published - Research By and About Women. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Are you looking to enhance your research skills and navigate the path to publication? This webinar is designed for researchers, scholars, and writers interested in conducting and publishing research, ...
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Pauline Kohlhase @pkohlhase.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
To all female scholars, working in the broad field of political economy: Apply for the Max Planck Summer School for women in political economy! Two years ago we had a blast! www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025....
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Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting - Ruth Dassonneville, Ian McAllister, 2025
Why do age differences matter for voting in some countries and not in others? Despite the prevailing narrative that a ‘youthquake’ in voting is occurring across...
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In Memoriam Mala Htun (1969-2025) Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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In Memoriam
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Very excited to have presented joint work with @rmuriaas.bsky.social from @gendersuccess.bsky.social project at today's DIGGSCORE tuesday seminar! We looked at whether and how politicians discriminate against their peers based on gender & parental status. Thanks for the great feedback! GenderSky
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Join us tomorrow! ⏰ 3-5PM | 📍 100/7013 on Southampton Highfield Campus 💬 Challenges of Studying Gender & Inequalities—a roundtable for all, esp. PhDs! Reception & refreshments from 4pm! #gendersky #polisky
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Next week Tuesday: join us for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar : Career Orientation and Legislative Behaviour in the European Parliament: How Institutional and Political Transformations Re-Shape MEPs’ Behaviour (1979-2024) with Jeremy Dodeigne, @frechelena.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/297
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Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series
European Consortium for Political Research
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Come and join us in the great city of Naples for 2025 Italian Political Science Association conference! Our section on "Gender, sexuality and intersectionality in politics" is looking for panels and papers Don't miss this occasion to showcase you research (while having some REAL pizza 🍕)! Polisky
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Gender & Politics | Genere & Politica @genere-politica.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hello! ⭐🌈 We are the account of the Gender&Politics Standing Group of Italian Political Science Association. We post about research & events related to gender, sexuality, intersectionality (etc) & politics. Help us re-create the network we had on "the other side"! 🙏 Gendersky Polisky
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We #standupforscience2025 at the University of Bergen! Look how many people showed up just at a couple hours notice. To our colleagues in the USA: we support you and we hope you have courage to show up for today's demonstrations for science all over the USA and the world: standupforscience2025.org
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Report on #standupforscience2025 at University of Bergen today in Khrono: www.khrono.no/notice/949675
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Forskere i Bergen deltok i amerikansk protest
Forskere i Bergen deltok på den verdensomspennende aksjonen Stand up for science i formiddag. Der pr ...
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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What a privilege to have four brilliant people read and discuss our (me and @parzetterberg.bsky.social) book manuscript on Autocratic Genderwashing. Thank you Michael Wahman, Li Bennich Björkman, @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and Björn Holmberg. This was so inspiring!
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Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft @annekreft.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 14/02/2025
Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 doi.org/10.1017/S000... Spoiler: Yes. 🧵
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Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment - Volume 55
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky buff.ly/4jmQsMv
Research article "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu" by Michal Grahn & Cherry M. Miller.
Abstract begins: The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between different approaches to FI and ethnographic methodologies. We propose ethnographic approaches suitable for scholars who see gendered institutions as real entities that constrain and enable human practices, as well as those who perceive them as sedimented clusters of meanings.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
An incredible photo from Berlin this evening. An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe. #Resist (📸 Ricarda Lang)
Thousand stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with lights lit on their phones. 14 people at the front hood lit letters spelling out Hope & Resistance
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Dr. Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) @pepinneff.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
‘Tolerable Inequality’ - my book from Routledge arrived in paperback today !! Still free as an ebook (link below). And I’ll shut up about the book eventually, but not today! doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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Kelly Jones @kellysjones.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The new special issue of JRWS is out today! "Gender, Sexuality, and Sociolinguistics of the Far Right," guest edited by Catherine Tebaldi and Scott Burnett. @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @burscott.bsky.social #rightwingstudies #Inauguration2025 jrws.berkeley.edu/issues
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20/01/2025
Norway is one of the world’s richest countries, but isn’t signing up for US President Donald Trump’s demand that NATO members increase their defense budgets to 5 percent of GDP.
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Norway cool on Trump’s demand for a massive defense spending increase
The country aims to raise its military budget to 3 percent of GDP by the end of the decade, well short of Trump’s call for 5 percent.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16/01/2025
It all made sense 😓
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Pagella Politica @pagellapolitica.it · 14/01/2025
🫰 Da dove arrivano e dove finiscono i soldi del bilancio dello Stato italiano nel 2025? Tra entrate e uscite, abbiamo messo in fila tutti i numeri più aggiornati in cinque grafici.
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Dove vanno i soldi del bilancio dello Stato nel 2025
Cinque grafici per capire quali sono le previsioni sulle entrate e sulle uscite nell’anno appena iniziato
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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Great upcoming seminar on gender inequalities in Academia organised by @geypog.bsky.social !! GenderSky Polisky
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The Godfather of the resurrection of the European far right has died. He defined the third wave and was marginalized by the fourth. A vain and nasty man, who will be missed by few.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96
Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity
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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Dear University, I am writing to you concerning your recent job announcement. The position does indeed sound fascinating, and I would love to apply. #IchBinHanna 1/
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Emanuela Lombardo @elombardo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
💫 Anti-gender regimes, feminist politics and the challenge of societal democratization is out! In Mobilization: An International Quarterly 29(4): 469-486 doi.org/10.17813/108... A preprint is available on Researchgate
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ANTI-GENDER REGIMES, FEMINIST POLITICS, AND THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIETAL DEMOCRATIZATION*
Democracy is an ongoing process that involves society as a whole, not merely politics. Anti-gender politics challenges democratization in all areas of society. Therefore, a gendered theory of society ...
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Short thread on our post-election survey research on Reform UK members 🧵1/n
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