01943nam 2200373 450 991059789480332120230517093447.0(CKB)5850000000084270(NjHacI)995850000000084270(EXLCZ)99585000000008427020230517d2012 uu 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWorking the spaces of power activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour /Janet NewmanLondon :Bloomsbury Academic,2012.1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages)1-84966-500-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: research as mapmaking -- Talking politics -- Perverse alignments: women's activism and the governmentalization of community -- Close encounters: feminism, policy and the remaking of governance -- Modernizing moments: work, organizations and the entrepreneurial self -- Critical engagements: knowledge-work as political practice -- Border work: generating spaces of power -- Activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour -- Postscript: speaking to the present -- Appendix: conducting the research-ethics, methods and modes of analysis.This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and politics have been reframed by women 'working the spaces of power'. It shows how links between activism and work have generated innovations that have since become 'common sense' forms of policy and practice.Working the Spaces of Power WomenPolitical activityWomenPolitical activity.305.42Newman Janet117073NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910597894803321Working the Spaces of Power1802477UNINA