sample of publications

• articles 

  • Cultural impacts of social movements: Feminism within the Catholic Church in Spain.  FEMINIST REVIEW.  132:61-78. 2022
  • Women in boots: football and feminism in the 1970s [Book Review].  Soccer and Society.  2022
  • The history of women's football [Book Review].  Soccer and Society.  23:646-647. 2022
  • Gender quotas and public demand for increasing women's representation in politics: An analysis of 28 European countries.  European Political Science Review.  13:351-370. 2021
  • Societal religiosity and the gender gap in political interest, 1990-2014.  BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY.  72:252-269. 2021
  • The impact of gender quotas in sport management: the case of Spain.  Sport in Society.  2020
  • Women pioneers in the history of sport: the case of Lilí Álvarez in Franco's Spain.  International Journal of the History of Sport.  37:75-93. 2020
  • Corrigendum to "Male allies of women's movements: Women's organizing within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain" [Women's Studies International Forum, 62 (2017), 43-51].  Women's Studies International Forum.  79. 2020
  • Sport and social movements: Lilí Álvarez in Franco's Spain.  International Review for the Sociology of Sport.  54:622-646. 2019
  • Male allies of women's movements: Women's organizing within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain.  WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM.  62:43-51. 2017
  • Religion, gender and citizenship: women of faith, gender equality and feminism.  International Feminist Journal of Politics.  19:276-277. 2017
  • Luchar por participar: La protesta feminista en la Iglesia Católica durante el franquismo = Fighting for joining in: The Feminist Protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain.  Pasado y Memoria (Pasado y Memoria).  203-226. 2016
  • Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies.  International Feminist Journal of Politics.  18:502-504. 2016
  • The Montenegrin Warrior Tradition: Questions and Controversies over NATO Membership.  International Feminist Journal of Politics.  18:500-502. 2016
  • Collective religiosity and the gender gap in attitudes towards economic redistribution in 86 countries, 1990-2008.  SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH.  57:17-30. 2016
  • Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain: An Ethnography of Basque Fandom.  International Review for the Sociology of Sport.  51:367-369. 2016
  • Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America.  GENDER & SOCIETY.  30:145-147. 2016
  • Age and feminist activism: the feminist protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain.  Social Movement Studies.  14:473-492. 2015
  • The Spanish Welfare State in European Context [book review].  CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS.  42:840-841. 2013
  • How the How the Spanish Peer-Review System Works: A Comparison with the United States System.  Papers: Revista de sociologia (Papers).  3:581-585. 2013
  • Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-1978.  South European Society and Politics.  17:109-113. 2012
  • The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Italy, Spain, and Romania, 1870-1945.  South European Society and Politics.  17:109-113. 2012
  • Señoritas in Blue: The Making of a Female Political Elite in Franco's Spain: The National Leadership of the Sección Femenina de la Falange (1936-1977).  South European Society and Politics.  15:329-330. 2010
  • Gender Equality and Welfare Politics in Scandinavia: The Limits of Political Ambition?.  GENDER & SOCIETY.  23:424-426. 2009
  • Global Perspectives on Gender Equality: Reversing the Gaze.  GENDER & SOCIETY.  23:424-426. 2009

• book chapters 

  • Elite athlete activism for gender equality in sport: Women"s football in Spain. In: Athlete activism: contemporary perspectives..  Routledge. 109-119. 2021
  • Sport mega-events as drivers of gender equality: Women"s football in Spain. In: Sport, gender and mega-events..  EMERALD. 187-200. 2021
  • Social, political and organizational explanations. In: Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance.  Routledge. 36-45. 2020
  • Chapter 20: An overview of research on gender and social policy in Spain. In: Handbook on Gender and Social Policy .  Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. 356-369. 2018
  • Chapter 7: Gender and Political Sociology. In: The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology, v. 2.  SAGE PUBLICATIONS, LTD. 143-154. 2018
  • Social movements in abeyance in non-democracies: The Women's Movement in Franco's Spain. In: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change.  EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED. 259-290. 2015
  • Are gender equality institutions the policy allies of the feminist movement? A contingent "yes" in the Spanish central state. In: New and alternative social movements in Spain: The Left, identity and globalizing processes.  Routledge. 2014
  • Gender Equality Policymaking in Spain (2008&-11):Losing Momentum. In: Politics and Society in Contemporary Spain: From Zapatero to Rajoy.  PALGRAVE. 179-198. 2013
  • Il policy-making sull´uguaglianza di genere: perdita di slancio. In: La Spagna di Rajoy.  SOCIETA EDITRICE IL MULINO. 172-192. 2013
  • Remaking Social Citizenship in Multicultural Europe: Women's Movements' Agency in Childcare Politics and Policies. In: Remaking Citizenship in Multicultural Europe Women's Movements, Gender and Diversity.  Palgrave Macmillan. 94-117. 2012
  • ¿Ha existido un movimiento feminista católico en España? Mujeres de Acción Católica durante el franquismo. In: Ritmos contemporáneos. Género, política y sociedad en los siglos XIX y XX.  DYKINSON, S.L.. 149-174. 2012
  • (Pre)School Is not Childcare: Preschool and Primary Education Policies in Spain since the 1930s. In: Children, Families, and States: Time Policies of Childcare, Preschool, and Primary Education in Europe.  Berghahn Books. 220-236. 2011
  • Las políticas de cuidado de los niños durante el franquismo. In: Encuadramiento femenino, socialización y cultura en el Franquismo.  DIPUTACIÓN PROVINCIAL DE MALAGA. 233-249. 2010
  • The Erosion of Familism in the Spanish Welfare State: Childcare Policy since 1975. In: Children, Gender and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States.  SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH. 129-142. 2010
  • Las mujeres en España desde 1975: destacados avances en ausencia de ciertos debates. In: Modernidad, crisis y globalización: problemas de política y cultura.  CAJAMAR. 367-383. 2008
  • La expansión de una política de ayuda (parcial) a las familias: educación infantil y cuidado de los niños pequeños en España. In: En torno a la familia española: análisis y reflexiones desde perspectivas sociológicas y económicas.  FUNDACIÓN DE LOS BANCOS Y CAJAS DE CECA (FUNCAS). 57-71. 2008
  • Spain Women in Parliament: The Effectiveness of Quotas. In: Women and Legislative Representation: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Sex Quotas.  MACMILLAN SUBSCRIPTIONS LTD. 123-133. 2008
  • Políticas de igualdad de género en perspectiva comparada: el caso del Estado central en España. In: ¿La igualdad tiene sexo?.  Universitat d'Estiu d'Andorra. 93-108. 2008
  • Spain at the Vanguard in European Gender Equality Policies. In: Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union: Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion.  Berghahn Publishers. 101-117. 2008

• conference contributions 

  • Luchar por participar: la protesta feminista en la Iglesia Católica durante el franquismo 2016
  • Sport and social movements: Lilí Álvarez in Franco's Spain 2016
  • Sport and social protest: The case of Catholic feminist Lili Alvarez in Franco's Spain 2016
  • Sport and social protest: The case of Catholic feminist Lili Alvarez in Franco's Spain 2016
  • Gender, sport and social protest: The case of Catholic feminist Lilí Álvarez in 20th century Spain 2015
  • Sport and social movements: The case of Catholic feminist Lilí Álvarez in 20th century Spain 2015
  • Sport as a driver of social protest: The case of Catholic feminist Lilí Álvarez in 20th century Spain 2015
  • Age and feminist activism: The feminist protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain 2013
  • Disenchanting women: Secularization and the gender gap in attitudes towards economic redistribution in 79 countries 2013
  • Age and Feminism: The Feminist Protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain 2012
  • Is Feminism Synonymous with the Battle for Democracy? A Contingent "No" in the Spanish Case 2012
  • Is Feminism Synonymous with the Battle for Democracy? A Contingent 'No' in Franco's Spain (mid-1930s-1975) 2012
  • Studying Gender in Spanish Society: Past Achievements and Lines for Future Research 2012
  • Age and Feminism: The Feminist Protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain (mid-1930s-1975) 2011
  • Age and Feminism: The Feminist Protest within the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain (mid-1930s-1975) 2011
  • Is Feminism Synonymous with the Battle for Democracy? A Contingent "No" in the Spanish Case 2011
  • Child Care in Spain after 1975: The Educational Rationale, the Catholic Church and Women in Civil Society 2008
  • Children, Gender and Families in the Spanish Welfare State 2008
  • Feminist Activism in the Catholic Church in Franco's Spain 2008
  • Feminist Activism in the Spanish Catholic Church in Franco's Spain 2008
  • How Spanish Women Fained Thirty-Six Percent of Partiamentary Seats?: The Effectiveness of (Voluntary) Gender Quotas in Spain 2008
  • Internationalization, religion and gender identities: the fmeinist protest within the Catholic churchu in Franco's Spain (1930s-1975) 2008
  • Las políticas de cuidado de los niños durante el franquismo 2008
  • The Feminist Protest within the Spanish Catholic Church 2008
  • Why 36 percent of Spanish members of parliamen are women? The effectiveness of quotas 2008

• working papers 

  • La opinión pública española ante la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo 2015