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conclusion: the future status of women in european political science

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This symposium has highlighted that some positive change has been achieved for women’s status in the profession. The authors are cautiously optimistic. At the same time, we argue that this does not allow for complacency and we suggest a number of positive strategies that may also be beneficial.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Johanna Kantola, Dorien Woods, Gabriele Abels and the anonymous referees for earlier comments on this conclusion and their suggestions of non-British or American examples.

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  1. Department of Political Science & International Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    stephen bates

  2. The Media School, Weymouth House, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK

    heather savigny

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bates, s., savigny, h. conclusion: the future status of women in european political science. Eur Polit Sci 14, 131–136 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.9

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