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The perspectives of the development of paradiplomacy in the context of feminist foreign policy – the example of Spain
The perspectives of the development of paradiplomacy in the context of feminist foreign policy – the example of Spain

Author(s): Agata Rydzewska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: paradiplomacy; feminist foreign policy; feminist paradiplomacy; autonomous communities; external action of regions;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to identify the perspectives of the development of paradiplomacy in the context of feminist foreign policy using the example of Spain. The author shows the relationship between the foreign policy of central government and the foreign activity of the regions and the place of sub-state actors in the central strategies of feminist foreign policy. The example of Spain and its recently published strategy was chosen due to the interchangeable application of the concept of foreign policy and external action and the clear distinction of the actors involved in the implementation of the paradigm. The comparative case study aims to show how the regions apply the practice of feminist foreign policy in their paradiplomacy strategies. On this basis, areas have been identified which, in this perspective, are fields for the development of the “feminist paradiplomacy” of the autonomous communities of Spain.

  • Issue Year: 75/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-105
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English