ISBN:
9780415148207
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0415148200
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9780415148214
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0415148219
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0203440994
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9780203440995
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058545244X
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9780585452449
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 195 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender, ethnicity, and political ideologies
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Feminism Political aspects
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Women Political activity
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Ethnic relations
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Women Political activity
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Feminism Political aspects
;
Women Political activity
;
Ethnic relations
;
Feminism Political aspects
;
Ethnic relations
;
Feminism ; Political aspects
;
Women ; Political activity
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
1. Gender, ethnicity and cultural identity : womens "places" / Nickie Charles and Helen Hintjens -- 2. Founding fathers and earth mothers : women's place at the "birth" of nations / Sarah Benton -- 3. Identity : feminist perspectives on "race", ethnicity and nationality / Sheila Allen -- 4. The logics of exclusion : nationalism, sexism and the Yugoslav war / Mirjana Morokvasic -- 5. When society was simple : gender and ethnic divisions and the Far and New Right in France / Eleonore Kofman -- 6. Strategies of resistance among the Muslim minority in West Yorkshire : impact on women / Haleh Afshar -- 7. Citizen warriors, workers and mothers : women and democracy in Israel / Valerie Bryson -- 8. Women's activism, authoritarianism and democratisation in Chile / Georgina Waylen -- 9. Beyond differences : women, empowerment and coalition politics / Nira Yuval-Davis.
Abstract:
This innovative study develops a feminist perspective on issues such as nationalism, religious fundamentalism and the process of democratization, examining the role of women in varying political contexts around the world
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Gender, ethnicity and cultural identity : womens "places" / Nickie Charles and Helen Hintjens2. Founding fathers and earth mothers : women's place at the "birth" of nations / Sarah Benton -- 3. Identity : feminist perspectives on "race", ethnicity and nationality / Sheila Allen -- 4. The logics of exclusion : nationalism, sexism and the Yugoslav war / Mirjana Morokvasic -- 5. When society was simple : gender and ethnic divisions and the Far and New Right in France / Eleonore Kofman -- 6. Strategies of resistance among the Muslim minority in West Yorkshire : impact on women / Haleh Afshar -- 7. Citizen warriors, workers and mothers : women and democracy in Israel / Valerie Bryson -- 8. Women's activism, authoritarianism and democratisation in Chile / Georgina Waylen -- 9. Beyond differences : women, empowerment and coalition politics / Nira Yuval-Davis.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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