Women S Movements In International Perspective

Author : M. Molyneux
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230286382

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Women’s Movements in International Perspective by M. Molyneux Pdf

The analysis of gender and political inequality, and the women's movements that have contested it, has concentrated on the West. In this wide-ranging reevaluation, incorporating development studies and political sociology, Maxine Molyneux redresses this balance by analysing Latin American women's movements within liberal, authoritarian and revolutionary states. These studies of Argentina, Nicaragua and Cuba, alongside comparative discussions of socialism, women's movements and citizenship, examine the complex, and persistent, interaction of states and women's movements, and the diversity of responses engendered.

Author : A. Fell,I. Sharp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230210790

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The Women's Movement in Wartime by A. Fell,I. Sharp Pdf

This comparative, interdisciplinary book explores the responses of the women's movement to World War I in all of the major belligerent nations. The contributors cover key topics including women's relationship with the state, women's war service, mothers in wartime, suffrage, peace and the aftermath of war, and women's guilt and responsibility.

Author : Amrita Basu,Amrita Basu Editor
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781458781826

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Women's Movements in the Global Era by Amrita Basu,Amrita Basu Editor Pdf

Women's Movements in the Global Erais a path-breaking study of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements in countries throughout the world. Its focus is on the Global South, where women's movements have engaged in complex negotiations with national and international forces. It challenges widely held assumptions about the Western origins and character of local feminisms. All the authors locate women's movements within the terrain from which they emerged by exploring their relationships with the state, civil society, and other social movements. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the global scope and implications of feminism. Contents 1. Introduction Africa 2. South African Feminisms: A Coming of Age? (Elaine Salo) 3. "The Future Will Be Better Next Time": Opportunities and Challenges of the Zimbabwean Women's Movement (Shereen Essof, Ramagwana Rakajeka) Asia 4. The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Challenges and Achievements (Farida Shaheed) 5. Feminist Deliberative Politics in India: Some Reflections (Kalpana Kannabiran) 6. The Chinese Women's Movement in the Context of Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges (Naihua Zhang) Europe 7. Polish Feminism between the Local and the Global: A Task of Translation (Elzbieta Matynia) 8. Russian Women's Activism: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom) Latin America 9. Contemporary Feminisms in Brazil: Achievements, Shortcomings, and Challenges (Cecilia M. B. Sardenberg, Ana Alice AlcÁntara Costa) 10. Seeking Rights from the Left: Gender and Sexuality in Latin America (Elisabeth Friedman) 11. Towards a Culturally Situated Women Rights Agenda: Reflections from Mexico (R. AÍda HernÁndez Castillo) The Middle East 12. The Demobilization of the Palestinian Women's Movement: From Empowered Active Militants to Powerless and Stateless "Citizens" (Islah Jad) 13. The Women's Movement and Feminism in Iran: A Glocal Perspective (Nayereh Tohidi) The United States 14. Intersecting Oppressions: Rethinking Women's Movements in the U.S. (Julie Ajinkya)

Author : Lee Ann Banaszak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0742519325

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The U.S. Women's Movement in Global Perspective by Lee Ann Banaszak Pdf

This ambitious volume brings together original essays on the U.S. women's movement with analyses of women's movements in other countries around the world. A comparative perspective and a common theme--feminism in social movement action--unite these voices in a way that will excite students and inspire further research. From the grassroots to the global, the significance of the U.S women's movement in the international arena cannot be denied. At the same time, the way in which international feminism has developed--in Asia, in Latin America, in Europe--has altered and expanded the landscape of the U.S. women's movement forever. These distinguished authors show us how. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0333714768

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Ilas;Standing Order Sbn (Hc) by Palgrave Macmillan Limited Pdf

Author : Amrita Basu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429972553

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The Challenge Of Local Feminisms by Amrita Basu Pdf

This pathbreaking book provides for the first time an overview of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements worldwide. Unlike most of the literature, which focuses on the industrialized Western world, this volume devotes greater attention to the postcolonial states of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The book challenges the assumptions that feminism can transcend national differences and, conversely, that women's movements are shaped and circumscribed by national levels of development. All the authors reject the notion, proposed by its detractors and champions alike, that feminism is of middle-class origins and Western inspiration. Instead they seek to locate women's movements within the terrain from which they emerge.Virtually all the authors are from the countries or communities about which they write the few exceptions are women who have spent lengthy periods studying and living in the region. Most are scholars, often in women's studies, and many are closely associated with the movements they describe. Thus, these writers share a commitment to the substantive concerns as well as the collective processes of women's movements. As a key book for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, this volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the global scope and implications of feminism.

Author : Sarah Maddison,Marian Sawer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134441099

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The Women's Movement in Protest, Institutions and the Internet by Sarah Maddison,Marian Sawer Pdf

The death of feminism is regularly proclaimed in the West. Yet at the same time feminism has never had such an extensive presence, whether in international norms and institutions, or online in blogs and social networking campaigns. This book argues that the women’s movement is not over; but rather social movement theory has led us to look in the wrong places. This book offers both methodological and theoretical innovations in the study of social movements, and analyses how the trajectories of protest activity and institution-building fit together. The rich empirical study, together with focused research on discursive activism, blogging, popular culture and advocacy networks, provides an extraordinary resource, showing how the women’s movements can survive the highs and lows and adapt in unexpected ways. Expert contributors explore the ways in which the movement is continuing to work its way through institutions, and persists within submerged networks, cultural production and in everyday living, sustaining itself in non-receptive political environments and maintaining a discursive feminist space for generations to come. Set in a transnational perspective, this book trace the legacies of the Australian women’s movement to the present day in protest, non-government organisations, government organisations, popular culture, the Internet and the Slut Walk. The Women’s Movement in Protest, Institutions and the Internet will be of interest to international students and scholars of gender politics, gender studies, social movement studies and comparative politics.

Author : Karen Ross,Carolyn M. Byerly
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1405116099

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Women and Media by Karen Ross,Carolyn M. Byerly Pdf

Comprised of original research in diverse genres and medias, Women and Media: International Perspectives brings together eight international scholars to explore key issues of the gender-media relation. Provides important insights into how gender is implicated in media industries. Address key issues of the gender-media relation, from an analysis of news media’s coverage of women politicians, to the marketing of ‘girl power’, to strategizing for equality in newsrooms. Highlights the theme that media have the potential both to reinforce the status quo in power arrangements in society but also to contribute to new, more egalitarian ones. Includes an introduction by the editors that carefully maps the contours of the international struggle between feminists and the media, section overviews, bibliographies, key terms, and discussion questions.

Author : Shirin M. Rai,Geraldine Lievesley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135345945

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Women And The State by Shirin M. Rai,Geraldine Lievesley Pdf

Offering a wide-ranging selection of case studies, this book evaluates women's political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It explores both specific experiences of women as well as common themes such as identity, empowerment and the conflict between tradition and modernity.

Author : Mina Roces,Louise Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136967993

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Women's Movements in Asia by Mina Roces,Louise Edwards Pdf

Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan. For each of these countries the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors is explored. The contributors investigate how national feminisms are influenced by transnational factors, such as the women’s movements in other countries, colonialism and international agencies. Each chapter also considers what Asian feminists have contributed to global theoretical debates on the woman question, the key successes and failures of the movements and what needs to be addressed in the future. This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further reading and watching, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia ideal for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia. It will appeal both to students and specialists in the fields of gender, women’s and Asian studies.

Author : Lydia Alpízar Durán,Nol︠ D. Payne,Anahi Russo
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015070746873

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Building Feminist Movements and Organizations by Lydia Alpízar Durán,Nol︠ D. Payne,Anahi Russo Pdf

'Building Feminist Movements' is an international collection of essays and case studies which explores diverse ways in which women and feminist organizations and movements are organizing and it also analyses the important lessons learned in the process.

Author : Sarah Maddison,Marian Sawer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134441020

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The Women’s Movement in Protest, Institutions and the Internet by Sarah Maddison,Marian Sawer Pdf

The death of feminism is regularly proclaimed in the West. Yet at the same time feminism has never had such an extensive presence, whether in international norms and institutions, or online in blogs and social networking campaigns. This book argues that the women’s movement is not over; but rather social movement theory has led us to look in the wrong places. This book offers both methodological and theoretical innovations in the study of social movements, and analyses how the trajectories of protest activity and institution-building fit together. The rich empirical study, together with focused research on discursive activism, blogging, popular culture and advocacy networks, provides an extraordinary resource, showing how the women’s movements can survive the highs and lows and adapt in unexpected ways. Expert contributors explore the ways in which the movement is continuing to work its way through institutions, and persists within submerged networks, cultural production and in everyday living, sustaining itself in non-receptive political environments and maintaining a discursive feminist space for generations to come. Set in a transnational perspective, this book trace the legacies of the Australian women’s movement to the present day in protest, non-government organisations, government organisations, popular culture, the Internet and the Slut Walk. The Women’s Movement in Protest, Institutions and the Internet will be of interest to international students and scholars of gender politics, gender studies, social movement studies and comparative politics.

Author : Deborah Stienstra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349234172

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Women’s Movements and International Organizations by Deborah Stienstra Pdf

Using 150 years of women's history, this book details how women have organized into global movements which have shaped and challenged how international organizations consider gender. It argues that traditional ways of analysing international relations have ignored women's contributions because their tools are gender-exclusive. After developing a gender analysis, this book brings to light many contributions from women's movements especially related to the League of Nations and United Nations, and puts these in the context of changes in the global political economy.

Author : International Federation for Research in Women's History. Meeting
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106017686590

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Writing Women's History by International Federation for Research in Women's History. Meeting Pdf

Most of the contributions were first presented at a July 1989 conference held in Bellagio, Italy. An extensive introduction by the editors is followed by essays on conceptual and methodological issues and the state of the art in women's history worldwide. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Jacinthe Michaud
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774865296

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Frontiers of Feminism by Jacinthe Michaud Pdf

From the mid-1960s to the mid-80s, feminist activism in North America and Europe reached its peak, animated by a disparate array of issues and ideas. Frontiers of Feminism compares Québécois and Italian feminisms, revealing both the synergy between feminism and the left and the influence of American and French women’s movements on those in Québec and Italy. Revisiting struggles such as abortion, health and sexuality, wages for housework, and the quest for autonomy from masculine thought, Jacinthe Michaud brings an international perspective to major feminist themes, strategies, and modes of organizing.