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The Face of the Nation. Gendered Institutions in International Affairs. By Elise Stephensen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 304 pp. $95.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780197632727

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The Face of the Nation. Gendered Institutions in International Affairs. By Elise Stephensen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 304 pp. $95.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780197632727

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2025

Karoline Färber*
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University of Erfurt , Erfurt, Germany

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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