ISBN:
0520063074
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
DDC:
305.4/2
Keywords:
Women Cross-cultural studies Political activity
;
Women's rights Cross-cultural studies
;
Feminism Cross-cultural studies
;
Feminismus
;
Politik
Abstract:
The 1960s and 1970s saw the resurgence of feminism as a social movement in virtually every Western nation. In each, the movement adapted to the history, culture, and politics of the society (Bouchier 1984). This book focuses on how cultural traits and political institutions have shaped feminist movements in Britain, the United States, and Sweden. As Helga Hernes (1983:33) has pointed out, women in the state occupy similar roles regardless of national boundaries: they are citizens, consumers, clients, and employees. But they are also claimants in the arena of public policy, seeking to gain economic and political rewards and contesting for power and access
Note:
A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program
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