International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization

This text brings together the experience of women's democratic movements in different countries and regions, north and south, and assesses how different discourses of democracy have been used by women's groups to assert women's rights.

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Acknowledgements List of Contributors International Perspectives on Gender and Democratisation; S.M.Rai SECTION ONE: WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS Gender and Human Rights in Guatemala and Mexico; C.Blacklock & L.MacDonald Law, Islam and the Women's Movement in Pakistan; S.S.Ali Democrats without Democracy: Challenges to Women in Politics in the Arab World; A.Karam Civil Society, Citizenship and Women's Rights in Botswana; A.Selowane SECTION TWO: CITIZENSHIPS AND ENTITLEMENTS Gender and Citizenship in the Context of Democratisation and Economic Reform in East Central Europe; B.Einhorn Gender, Class and Political Power in Britain: Narratives of Entitlements; J.Liddle & E.Michielsens Democratising the Parliament: The Quota Debate in India; S.M.Rai & K.Sharma Institutionalizing Change: South African Women's Participation in the Transition to Democracy; L.Zulu The Fragility of Democratic Reform: New Challenges to Australian Women's Citizenship; C.Johnson Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rai, Shirin Rai, Shirin M. Rai
• Con la collaborazione di: Rai (Editore), S. Rai (Editore), Shirin M. Rai (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.05.2000
• EAN: 9780333750049
• ISBN: 978-0-333-75004-9
• Pagine: 215
• Serie: Women's Studies at York Series; Women's Studies at York Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale