Varieties of feminism [[electronic resource] ] : German gender politics in global perspective / / Myra Marx Ferree

• Autore: Ferree Myra
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.420943
• Soggetto topico: Feminism - Germany - History
• Altri autori: FerreeMyra Marx
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Practical theory and the politics of gender -- Creating women citizens : national frameworks for gender equality and self-determination, 1848-1968 -- Women themselves will decide : autonomous feminist mobilization, 1968-1978 -- Women help women : the women's project movement, 1975-1985 -- We want half the power : feminists and political institutions, 1982-1990 -- You can't make a state without women : German unification, 1990-1995 -- Kissing the frog? : Butler, Beijing, and Brussels remake gender relations, 1995-2005 -- Feminism, families, and the future : practical theory and global gender politics in the twenty-first century.
• Sommario/riassunto: Varieties of Feminism investigates the development of German feminism by contrasting it with women's movements that arise in countries, like the United States, committed to liberalism. With both conservative Christian and social democratic principles framing the feminist discourses and movement goals, which in turn shape public policy gains, Germany provides a tantalizing case study of gender politics done differently. The German feminist trajectory reflects new political opportunities created first by national reunification and later, by European Union integration, as wel
• Titolo autorizzato: Varieties of feminism
• ISBN: 0-8047-8052-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825345303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II