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UNINA9910822477203321 |
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Autore |
Young Lisa |
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Titolo |
Feminists and party politics [[electronic resource] /] / Lisa Young |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-11172-1 |
9786613111722 |
0-7748-5070-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Political activity - Canada |
Women - Political activity - United States |
Political parties - Canada |
Political parties - United States |
Feminism - Canada |
Feminism - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theorizing Feminist Strategy and Party Responsiveness -- Partisan Engagement: American Feminists and Party Politics -- Power Is Not Electoral: Canadian Feminists and Party Politics -- Polarization: American Parties Respond -- Moderate Endorsement: Canadian Parties Respond -- Can Feminists Transform Party Politics? -- Appendix: Data Sets and Scales -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The contemporary women's movement has transformed North American society. Change has been greatest in the realm of everyday life, but feminism has also challenged the substance and practice of politics. Feminists and Party Politics examines the effort to bring feminism into the formal political arena through established political parties in Canada and the United States. Two major sets of questions lie at the heart of this inquiry. First, how have movement organizations approached partisan and electoral politics? To what extent have they |
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