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This third edition looks at how several decades of feminist social action have changed women's place in the world today and updates some of the perennial challenges facing women globally to engage with new issues, including digital exclusion, sustainable development and environmental justice.
List 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.
About the author
Lena Dominelli holds a chair in Applied Social Sciences in the School of Applied Social Sciences and is Co-Director at the Institute of Hazards, Risk and Resilience Research at Durham University, UK, with particular responsibility for work on vulnerability and resilience.
Summary
This third edition looks at how several decades of feminist social action have changed women’s place in the world today and updates some of the perennial challenges facing women globally to engage with new issues, including digital exclusion, sustainable development and environmental justice.
