Women Politics And Change

Author : Louise A. Tilly,Patricia Gurin
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610445344

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Women, Politics, and Change, a compendium of twenty-three original essays by social historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists, examines the political history of American women over the past one hundred years. Taking a broad view of politics, the contributors address voluntarism and collective action, women's entry into party politics through suffrage and temperance groups, the role of nonpartisan organizations and pressure politics, and the politicization of gender. Each chapter provides a telling example of how American women have behaved politically throughout the twentieth century, both in the two great waves of feminist activism and in less highly mobilized periods. "The essays are unusually well integrated, not only through the introductory material but through a similarity of form and extensive cross-references among them....in raising central questions about the forms, bases, and issues of women's politics, as well as change and continuity over time, Tilly, Gurin, and the individual scholars included in this collection have provided us with a survey of the latest research and an agenda for the future." —Contemporary Sociology "This book is a necessary addition to the scholar's bookshelf, and the student's curriculum." —Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, professor of sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center

Author : Louise A. Tilly,Patricia Gurin
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0871548844

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Women, Politics and Change by Louise A. Tilly,Patricia Gurin Pdf

Women, Politics, and Change, a compendium of twenty-three original essays by social historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists, examines the political history of American women over the past one hundred years. Taking a broad view of politics, the contributors address voluntarism and collective action, women's entry into party politics through suffrage and temperance groups, the role of nonpartisan organizations and pressure politics, and the politicization of gender. Each chapter provides a telling example of how American women have behaved politically throughout the twentieth century, both in the two great waves of feminist activism and in less highly mobilized periods. "The essays are unusually well integrated, not only through the introductory material but through a similarity of form and extensive cross-references among them....in raising central questions about the forms, bases, and issues of women's politics, as well as change and continuity over time, Tilly, Gurin, and the individual scholars included in this collection have provided us with a survey of the latest research and an agenda for the future." —Contemporary Sociology "This book is a necessary addition to the scholar's bookshelf, and the student's curriculum." —Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, professor of sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center

Author : Judith Friedlander
Publisher : Midland Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016004991

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Women in Culture and Politics by Judith Friedlander Pdf

Author : Barbara J. Nelson,Najma Chowdhury,Nājamā Caudhurī
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300054084

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Women and Politics Worldwide by Barbara J. Nelson,Najma Chowdhury,Nājamā Caudhurī Pdf

This is the first book to analyse the complexities of women's political participation on a cross-national scale and from a feminist perspective. Surveying forty-three countries, chosen to represent a variety of political systems, regions, and levels of ecomic development, questions of women's status, power, means, and methods of reform, are addressed on a global scale. Includes chapters on the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia(former), Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Rebpublic of(South Korea), Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(former), United States, Uruguay.

Author : Cathy Cohen,Kathleen B. Jones,Joan C. Tronto
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0814715583

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Women Transforming Politics by Cathy Cohen,Kathleen B. Jones,Joan C. Tronto Pdf

Contains over thirty essays which explore the complex contexts of political engagement--family and intimate relationships, friendships, neighborhood, community, work environment, race, religious, and other cultural groupings--that structure perceptions of women's opportunities for political participation.

Author : Jacquetta A. Newman,Linda Ann White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0195432495

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Women, Politics, and Public Policy by Jacquetta A. Newman,Linda Ann White Pdf

The second edition of Women, Politics, and Public Policy incorporates uniquely Canadian perspectives on the intersectionality of feminism, women's politics, and public policy-making. After outlining historical contexts and the foundations of feminist theory, the text examines topical,practical issues, offering an approach that is well-suited to both novices and advanced learners. Extensively updated and revised, this comprehensive volume is an essential tool for examining and understanding the many aspects of women's political activity and its relationship to public policy andsocial change.

Author : Vicky Randall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1987-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349188369

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Women and Politics by Vicky Randall Pdf

'...a very superior textbook, avoiding most of the pitfalls of the genre...the wheat-to-chaff ratio is gratifyingly high, in a field with more chaff than most...it must have been a difficult book to write; by any consumer test it rates a range of stars and a 'best buy' recommendation.' - Ivor Crewe, Times Higher Education Supplement '...a lively, readable introductory textbook.' - Talking Politics

Author : Kathleen A. Staudt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X004159445

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Policy, Politics & Gender by Kathleen A. Staudt Pdf

The author deals with the connections between women's politics and public policies and practices. She focuses on political activism, underscoring strategies that have influenced change in policies. She covers local and global institutions and focuses on the people and their political processes within, between and outside these institutions. She addresses policy areas, such as education and work through a gender lens.

Author : Caitlin Donohue
Publisher : Zest Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
ISBN : 1728411785

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She Represents by Caitlin Donohue Pdf

"Each of the forty women profiled in this illustrated YA book demonstrates how women are capable of political and community leadership and activism. Readers will be inspired to pursue their own goals of social change."--

Author : Stephanie MacKendrick
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781525305344

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In Good Hands by Stephanie MacKendrick Pdf

Tools, resources and real-life role models for young women eager to start their own political journeys. No matter where you live or who you hope to represent, the experience of running for office is different if you are a woman. This one-of-a-kind insider’s guide for young women interested in elected office covers what to expect, how to deal with the inevitable challenges, and why it’s worth it. With honest, uplifting stories of women who have run, detailed how-to instructions for campaigning and loads of further resources, here’s a book to transform young women’s “I’ll think about it” into “I’ll do it!” The women leaders of tomorrow will be unstoppable!

Author : Paul Chaney,Fiona Mackay,Laura McAllister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030275544

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Women, Politics and Constitutional Change by Paul Chaney,Fiona Mackay,Laura McAllister Pdf

Female activists around the globe have long used the political opportunities afforded by constitutional reform to further gender equality and women s participation in politics. This timely and accessible volume addresses the way in which changes introduced by devolved governance in Wales have transformed the role of women in contemporary Welsh politics and presented a new phase in the history of Welsh women s activism. Based on original interviews with participants as well as a range of secondary sources, "Women, Politics, and Constitutional Change" examines the innovations, background, and effects that have led the new Welsh legislature to the second-highest proportion of women representatives in all of Europe, and the pro-devolution rhetoric of inclusiveness that opened the way."

Author : Christina Wolbrecht
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400831241

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The Politics of Women's Rights by Christina Wolbrecht Pdf

Here Christina Wolbrecht boldly demonstrates how the Republican and Democratic parties have helped transform, and have been transformed by, American public debate and policy on women's rights. She begins by showing the evolution of the positions of both parties on women's rights over the past five decades. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Republicans were slightly more favorable than Democrats, but by the early 1980s, the parties had polarized sharply, with Democrats supporting, and Republicans opposing, such policies as the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion rights. Wolbrecht not only traces the development of this shift in the parties' relative positions--focusing on party platforms, the words and actions of presidents and presidential candidates, and the behavior of the parties' delegations in Congress--but also seeks to explain the realignment. The author considers the politically charged developments that have contributed to a redefinition and expansion of the women's rights agenda since the 1960s--including legal changes, the emergence of the modern women's movement, and changes in patterns of employment, fertility, and marriage. Wolbrecht explores how party leaders reacted to these developments and adopted positions in ways that would help expand their party's coalition. Combined with changes in those coalitions--particularly the rise of social conservatism within the GOP and the affiliation of social movement groups with the Democratic party--the result was the polarization characterizing the parties' stances on women's rights today.

Author : Kazuki Iwanaga
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9788791114359

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Women and Politics in Thailand by Kazuki Iwanaga Pdf

This edited volume, including contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field, addresses the challenges, obstacles and opportunities for increased women's political representation in Thailand. Will Thai politics be different with an increase in the number of women politicians? What are the possibilities for Thai women to take proactive initiatives that aim to transform Thai politics into being more gender aware and equal? In seeking to address these and related issues, the analysis brings together a complex interplay of factors, such as traditional Thai views of gender and politics; the national and local political context of the new Thai constitution of 1997; and recent experiences of selected women politicians in the legislative and executive branches of Thai government.

Author : Catharine A. MacKinnon
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674237667

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Butterfly Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon Pdf

“Sometimes ideas change the world. This astonishing, miraculous, shattering, inspiring book captures the origins and the arc of the movement for sex equality. It’s a book whose time has come—always, but perhaps now more than ever.” —Cass Sunstein, coauthor of Nudge Under certain conditions, small simple actions can produce large and complex “butterfly effects.” Butterfly Politics shows how Catharine A. MacKinnon turned discrimination law into an effective tool against sexual abuse—grounding and predicting the worldwide #MeToo movement—and proposes concrete steps that could have further butterfly effects on women’s rights. Thirty years after she won the U.S. Supreme Court case establishing sexual harassment as illegal, this timely collection of her previously unpublished interventions on consent, rape, and the politics of gender equality captures in action the creative and transformative activism of an icon. “MacKinnon adapts a concept from chaos theory in which the tiny motion of a butterfly’s wings can trigger a tornado half a world away. Under the right conditions, she posits, small actions can produce major social transformations.” —New York Times “MacKinnon [is] radical, passionate, incorruptible and a beautiful literary stylist... Butterfly Politics is a devastating salvo fired in the gender wars... This book has a single overriding aim: to effect global change in the pursuit of equality.” —The Australian “Sexual Harassment of Working Women was a revelation. It showed how this anti-discrimination law—Title VII—could be used as a tool... It was the beginning of a field that didn’t exist until then.” —U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Author : Jane H. Bayes
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783866495258

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Gender and Politics by Jane H. Bayes Pdf

This timely collection offers a fresh look on the impact of gender perspectives in the discipline of political science at the beginning of the 21st century. Jane Bayes combats the Eurocentric focus that has characterised both fields and suggests viable alternatives for the future of the disciplines.