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This chapter explores the institutionalization of intersectionality in a selection of South European countries (SEC): Italy, Spain, and Portugal.1 It argues that, although a multiple inequalities agenda is beginning to blossom under the impetus of the EU anti-discrimination policy, this does not mean that truly integrated approaches have been implemented so far. The chapter analyses the patterns of convergence and variation around multiple inequalities, focusing on Europeanization as the main convergence factor, which acquires different levels of relevance depending on the respective paths of institutionalization of the equality policies in each of the three case studies.
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Alonso, A., Bustelo, M., Forest, M., Lombardo, E. (2012). Institutionalizing Intersectionality in Southern Europe: Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In: Krizsan, A., Skjeie, H., Squires, J. (eds) Institutionalizing Intersectionality. Gender and Politics series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031068_6
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