Globalization and Feminist Activism

Informationen zum Autor Mary E. Hawkesworth is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her books include Embodied Power: Demystifying Disembodied Politics and The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory. Klappentext This fully updated editionprovides a comprehensive overview of two centuries of transnational feminist efforts to produce a just global order. Hawkesworth analyzes continuities and changes in the nature and scope of gendered inequities and power dynamics within national and international regimes and weighs strategies for social transformation. Zusammenfassung This fully updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of two centuries of transnational feminist efforts to produce a just global order. Hawkesworth analyzes continuities and changes in the nature and scope of gendered inequities and power dynamics within national and international regimes and weighs strategies for social transformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1 Engendering Globalization 2 Feminists Go Global: Reclaiming a History 3 Feminist Transnationalism: Contestations within UN Circuits 4 Neoliberalism and Feminism: Cooptation, Entrapment, or Opposing World Views 5 Global Feminist Futures: The Continuing Struggle for Inclusion and Justice Notes References Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: M. E. Hawkesworth, Mary E Hawkesworth, Mary E. Hawkesworth
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781538113240
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1324-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Globalization; Globalization
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Political activism, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Political activism / Political engagement