“…This is not due to a lack of interest in non-French cases: in recent years, a prolific body of research has developed around women's and feminist movements outside France, especially in non-Western contexts. These works have examined the ways in which gender Laure Bereni, "Women's Movements and Feminism: French Political Sociology Meets a Comparative Feminist Approach" (Chapter 21), in Robert Elgie, Emiliano Grossman, and Amy G. Mazur (eds), The Oxford Handbook of French Politics, Oxford University Press, 2016, p. 461-482. identities are being politicized outside the realm of western feminism, and the impact of globalized gender equality policies and discourses on local women's activism in southern and eastern countries (Cîrstocea, 2008b;Dutoya, 2014;Lacombe et al, 2011;N'Diaye, 2011;Le Renard, 2010). A rich dialogue has existed between specialists of the French cases and other cases, and a few notable comparative studies have been carried out (Delage, 2015;Engeli, 2009;Giraud, 2005;Lépinard, 2012;Perrier, 2010;Revillard, 2007b, Forthcoming).…”