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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807334703321

Titolo

Gender and civil society : transcending boundaries / / edited by Jude Howell and Diane Mulligan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-30831-0

1-134-30832-9

1-280-05982-6

0-203-69321-3

0-203-42040-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics

Classificazione

89.06

89.62

Altri autori (Persone)

HowellJude

MulliganDiane

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Women in public life

Women in community organization

Civil society

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gender, civil society and women's movements in Central and Eastern Europe / Barbara Einhorn and Charlie Sever -- Women's organisations and civil society in China: making a difference / Jude Howell -- Women in movement: transformations in African political landscapes / Aili Mari Tripp -- Gender and civil society in the Middle East / Nadje S. Al-Ali -- The discourse of Dangdut: gender and civil society in Indonesia / Diane Mulligan -- Chilean feminism(s) in the 1990s: paradox of an unfinished transition / Marcela Rios-Tobar -- The impact of feminist civil society and political alliances on gender policies in Mexico / Linda S. Stevenson -- The dimensions and policy impact of feminist civil society: democratic policy-making on violence against women in the fifty US States / S. Laurel Weldon -- Who is the real civil society?: women's groups versus pro-family groups at the International Criminal Court



negotiations / Marlies Glasius.

Sommario/riassunto

This book not only draws together the concepts of gender and civil society, but also adopts an international perspective, highlighting the diverse trajectories of women organizing in different country contexts and the historical, cultural and