Organizing the Voice of Women : A study of the Polish and Swedish women’s movements’ adaptation to international structures

Taking the cases of the Swedish and the Polish women’s movements and their relation to the European Union as examples, this thesis studies national-level social movements adapting to international structures. The European Union has become an important arena for international politics. In order to push for their interests many social movement actors desire a presence in Brussels. To do so, however, they need to adapt to the European Union multi-level governance system by speaking with one voice.