Feminist politics, activism and vision : local and global challenges

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Feminist politics, activism and vision : local and global challenges

edited by Luciana Ricciutelli, Angela Miles, and Margaret H. McFadden

Inanna Publications and Education , Zed Books, c2004

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Feminist politics, activism & vision : local and global challenges

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"A project of the Feminist Journals Network."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9781842773505

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How can the local, grassroots successes of feminist organisations be sustained and transformed as women enter the larger institutional arena and succeed in accessing governments and non-governmental organisations? How can feminists deal with the many historical, organizational, ethical, conceptual, strategic and practical issues facing them today? What are the forces arrayed against them? The contributors all have direct practical experience of women's activism and a shared understanding of the autonomous women's movement as the source of feminist theory, power and vision. With clear-eyed realism and passionate optimism they reveal a vibrant trans-national feminist community in struggle. They describe how it is redefining wealth, work, peace, democracy, sexuality, family, human rights, development, community, and citizenship, and dealing with issues in ways which both honour local specifities and enrich global movements.

Table of Contents

Preface - Peggy Antrobus Introduction - Angela Miles I. Neo-Liberal Context - Vandana Shiva, Arlie Russell Hochschild II. Feminist Organizing: National, Regional and Global Frames - Jan Jindy Pettman, Devaki Jain, Charlotte Bunch, Nighat Said Khan, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Sonia E. Alvarez, Lenore Lyons III. Women's Local Struggles and Feminist Politics - Terisa E. Turner, Leigh S. Brownhill, Anelise Orleck, Rekha Pande, Bina D'Costa, Line Nyhagen Predelli IV. Feminist Challenges in Practice and Vision - Sally Roesch Wagner, Brooke A. Ackerly, Sylvia Tamale, R. Amy Elman, Cho Haejoang, Erella Shadmi V. Conclusion - Alda Facio
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: pbk ISBN 9781842773512

Description

How can the local, grassroots successes of feminist organisations be sustained and transformed as women enter the larger institutional arena and succeed in accessing governments and non-governmental organisations? How can feminists deal with the many historical, organizational, ethical, conceptual, strategic and practical issues facing them today? What are the forces arrayed against them? The contributors all have direct practical experience of women's activism and a shared understanding of the autonomous women's movement as the source of feminist theory, power and vision. With clear-eyed realism and passionate optimism they reveal a vibrant trans-national feminist community in struggle. They describe how it is redefining wealth, work, peace, democracy, sexuality, family, human rights, development, community, and citizenship, and dealing with issues in ways which both honour local specifities and enrich global movements.

Table of Contents

Preface - Peggy Antrobus Introduction - Angela Miles I. Neo-Liberal Context - Vandana Shiva, Arlie Russell Hochschild II. Feminist Organizing: National, Regional and Global Frames - Jan Jindy Pettman, Devaki Jain, Charlotte Bunch, Nighat Said Khan, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Sonia E. Alvarez, Lenore Lyons III. Women's Local Struggles and Feminist Politics - Terisa E. Turner, Leigh S. Brownhill, Anelise Orleck, Rekha Pande, Bina D'Costa, Line Nyhagen Predelli IV. Feminist Challenges in Practice and Vision - Sally Roesch Wagner, Brooke A. Ackerly, Sylvia Tamale, R. Amy Elman, Cho Haejoang, Erella Shadmi V. Conclusion - Alda Facio

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