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How to Wield Feminist Power

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The Politics of Feminist Knowledge Transfer

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Feminism means engaging with power. Feminists have rallied against patriarchal power in order to undermine it, but they also have come together to empower themselves and challenge existing arrangements. Indeed, like all human agents, women have wielded power in various feminized roles throughout history. What is new in the contemporary era is the fact that there is not just women’s power, but feminist power. That is, power that has been generated from, and is wielded through, feminist activism.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencia Política de la Administracóon II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    María Bustelo (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Unidad de Género, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    Lucy Ferguson (Associate Researcher) (Associate Researcher)

  3. Sciences Po Paris, OFCE, CEVIPOF, France

    Maxime Forest (Senior Researcher and Lecturer) (Senior Researcher and Lecturer)

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Prügl, E. (2016). How to Wield Feminist Power. In: Bustelo, M., Ferguson, L., Forest, M. (eds) The Politics of Feminist Knowledge Transfer. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48685-1_2

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