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, Her publications include: L'ordre sexué. La perception des inégalités femmes-hommes (Paris: PUF, 2007); (with Pierre Muller) Genre et action publique: la frontière public-privé en questions (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2009); and L'invention de la diversité, Réjane Sénac is a CNRS Research Fellow at Sciences Po's Centre de recherches politiques (Cevipof) and is a member of Presage, p.PUF, 2012.

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, We would like to thank all those who helped with the writing of this article, in particular the members of the Cevipof's electoral seminar coordinated by Daniel Boy and Bruno Cautrès, with a special mention for Flora Chanvril and Jean Chiche for their invaluable help. Our thanks also go out to Hélène Périvier, Françoise Milewski

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