From grassroots to institutions.

Summary Drawing on an exploration of English -and French- speaking literature on women's movements in Europe over the last three decades, this chapter is organised into four sections: - The first maps out the founding studies on women's movements in Europe, which provided typologies based on country-specific case studies and cross-country comparisons. - The second section examines studies of women's movements' interplay with the state and policy-making. - The third section explores the body of literature addressing the relationship between women's moveme,ts and party/electoral politics. - Finally, the fourth section focuses on recent trends of research which address the impact of European Union integration on women's advocacy.