1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966224903321

Autore

Hassim Shireen

Titolo

Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority / / Shireen Hassim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612269998

9781282269996

1282269992

9780299213831

0299213838

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 pages)

Collana

Women in Africa and the diaspora

Disciplina

306.2/082/0968

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - South Africa

Women and democracy - South Africa

Feminism - South Africa

Women - South Africa - Societies and clubs

South Africa Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement -- Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism -- The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-90 -- The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation -- The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated -- From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement -- Political parties, quotas, and representation in the new democracy -- One woman, one desk, one typist : moving into the bureaucracy -- Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.

Sommario/riassunto

The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women's movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her



work reveals how women's political organizations both shaped and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society, political parties, and the state.   Hassim boldly confronts sensitive issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists' engagement with the African National Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white relations within women's organizations.She offers a historically informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization.    Winner, Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association "An exceptional study, based on extensive research.... Highly recommended."- Choice "A rich history of women's organizations in South African.... [Hassim] had observed at first hand, and often participated in, much of what she described. She had access to the informants and private archives that so enliven the narrative and enrich the analysis. She provides a finely balanced assessment."-Gretchen Bauer, African Studies Review



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812141803321

Titolo

Nanomaterials : processing and characterization with lasers / / edited by Subhash Chandra Singh ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-VCH, 2012

ISBN

9786613693143

9783527646845

3527646841

9781280782756

1280782757

9783527646821

3527646825

9783527646852

352764685X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (811 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SinghSubhash Chandra

Disciplina

620.1/1

620.11

620.115

Soggetti

Nanostructured materials

Nanostructured materials - Effect of lasers on

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

pt. 1. Nanomaterials : laser based processing techniques -- pt. 2. Nanomaterials : laser-based characterization techniques.

Sommario/riassunto

The first in-depth treatment of the synthesis, processing, and characterization of nano materials using lasers, ranging from fundamentals to the latest research results, this handy reference is divided into two main sections. After introducing the concepts of lasers, nano materials, nano architectures and laser-material interactions in the first three chapters, the book goes on to discuss the synthesis of various nano materials in vacuum, gas and liquids. The second half discusses various nano material characterization techniques involving lasers, from Raman and photoluminescence



spectroscopies