Women and community action : local and global perspectives
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Women and community action : local and global perspectives
Policy Press, 2019
3rd ed
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-270) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although several decades of feminist social action have made significant progress to the social, economic and political condition of many women, change has been uneven and there remain considerable advancements to be made globally. This valuable third edition updates some of the perennial issues that women face for today and looks at new arenas of difficulty, including digital exclusion, sustainable community development and environmental justice.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Community, an Undervalued Women's Space
- Creating and Recreating Communities as Gendered Entities
- Women and Social Action: Social Change at the Individual Level
- Women and Social Action: Social Change through Group Activities and Networks
- Social Change through Collective Action: Campaigns and Mass Mobilizations
- Feminist Action in the Workplace
- Increasing Women's Position in Parliament, Governance and Decision-making structures
- Sustainable Community Development
- International Policy Change and Mainstreaming Women's Actions in Communities
- Conclusions.
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