Controversy and Coalition

The New Feminist Movement Across Four Decades of Change
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-138-17633-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Controversy and Coalition is a comprehensive and engaging overview of the American women's movement from the 1960s to the 1990s. This third edition is the only short and highly readable book on the important developments of the recent women's movement. This edition includes a new introduction by the authors that covers the rise of global feminism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferree, Myra Marx

Hess, Beth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. Ideas, Ideals, and Ideology 3. Reemergence of a Feminist Movement, 1963-72 4. Dilemmas of Growth: The Promise of Diversity 5. Feminist Organizations in Transition, 1973-82 6. Interest Group Politics: Triumphs and Tensions, 1973-82 7. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Defending Gains, 1983-92 8. Looking Toward the New Millennium Chronology Bibligraphy Index

Über Autor(innen)

Myra Marx Ferree is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is the series editor for Routledge's Perspectives on Gender series. Beth Hess is Professor of Sociology at County College of Morris in New Jersey.