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Starting a Conversation about Critical Frame Analysis: Reflections on Dealing with Methodology in Feminist Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2016

Marleen van der Haar  and
Mieke Verloo
Marleen van der Haar
Affiliation:
Radboud University
Mieke Verloo
Affiliation:
Radboud University
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With this article we are contributing to a conversation about Critical Frame Analysis (CFA) as a feminist research method. CFA was developed within the context of two collaborative and comparative research studies of gender equality policies in the European context, MAGEEQ (www.mageeq.net) and QUING (www.quing.eu). Since the introduction of CFA in these projects, many scholars have used the method—some affiliated with these projects as well as others. This contribution is a first reflection on CFA and a call for more extensive reflections on methodologies developed in feminist work. We use reflection on CFA's origins, mixed with illustrations taken from research articles by authors who have been affiliated with the projects and others, and self-criticism based on two of our own studies. These reflections underpin our conclusions about the ongoing potential of CFA and the necessity and urgency of more thorough attention to methodological issues related to the use of CFA.

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Online Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , E9
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2016 

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