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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552994203321

Autore

Bassel Leah <1976->

Titolo

Minority women and austerity : survival and resistance in France and Britain / / Leah Bassel and Akwugo Emejulu [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4473-2717-9

1-4473-2715-2

1-4473-2716-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.484120941

Soggetti

Women political activists - Great Britain

Women political activists - France

Minority women - Great Britain - Social conditions

Minority women - France - Social conditions

Great Britain Social conditions 21st century

France Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Glossary of French terms -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Taking minority women's activism seriously -- Theorising and resisting 'political racelessness' in Europe -- Whose crisis counts? -- Enterprising activism -- The politics of survival -- Learning across cases, learning beyond 'cases' -- Conclusion: warning signs -- Fieldwork and sampling strategy -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of austerity measures in France and Britain. They demonstrate how they use their race, class, gender and legal status for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation.