Transnational Activism Networks and Gendered Gatekeeping
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چکیده
...............................................................................................................................5 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................7 scales, networks and the Contested spatialities of transnational Activism ..................................8 Beyond the polarized debate on scales vs. networks .............................................................. 12 A transnational network of Informal Workers ............................................................................ 16 A Local Organization of Women Led by men ...............................................................................20 International encounters and gender tensions .......................................................................... 24 gendered gate-keeping ..................................................................................................... 24 exchange visits and gender unrest ......................................................................................26 gendered transnational Activisms ...........................................................................................33 references ..........................................................................................................................38
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