Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain

Leah Bassel; Akwugo Emejulu

Open Access Published by Policy Press 2017

Minority Women and Austerity

Survival and Resistance in France and Britain

Leah Bassel and Akwugo Emejulu

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447327165

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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women’s experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender and legal status as a resource for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation of non-governmental organisations, the failures of left-wing politics and the patronising initiatives of policy-makers. Using in-depth case studies, this book explores the changing relations between the state, the market and civil society which create opportunities and dilemmas for minority women activists. Through an intersectional ‘politics of survival’ these women seek to subvert the dominant narratives of ‘crisis’ and ‘activism’.

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Front Matter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
Glossary of French terms Open Access Download PDF	vi
About the authors Open Access Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	x
Foreword Patricia Hill Collins Open Access Download PDF	xi
Taking minority women’s activism seriously Open Access Download PDF	1
Theorising and resisting ‘political racelessness’ in Europe Open Access Download PDF	19
Whose crisis counts? Open Access Download PDF	33
Enterprising activism Open Access Download PDF	53
The politics of survival Open Access Download PDF	77
Learning across cases, learning beyond ‘cases’ Open Access Download PDF	99
Conclusion: warning signs Open Access Download PDF	115
Fieldwork and sampling strategy Open Access Download PDF	123
References Open Access Download PDF	129
Index Open Access Download PDF	145

Language: English
Publisher: Policy Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 168

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Published: July 12, 2017
ISBN: 9781447327165