Howell / Mulligan Gender and Civil Society

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-30832-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

Over the last two decades there has been considerable enthusiasm for the concept of civil society amongst researchers, practitioners and activists. Yet despite this enthusiasm for the concept, the gendered nature of civil society and the impact of feminist organizing on civil society has received minimal attention.
This edited volume seeks to address this gap, and considers:

* how the political environment and nature of the state shapes the way women organize, the issues they address, and their capacity to affect changes in state policies on gender
* is the women's movement structurally different from other civil society organizations?
* does the gender lens alter our vision of civil society?
The chapters in this volume pursue two or more of these questions and cover a diversity of contexts, including the US, East and Central Europe, China, the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, Central America and Chile. This book not only draws together the concepts of gender and civil society, but also adopts an international perspective, highlighting the diverse trajectories of women organizing in different country contexts and the historical, cultural and political specificities of civil society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howell, Jude

Mulligan, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Jude Howell

2. Gender and Civil Society in East Central Europe Barbara Einhorn and Charlotte Sever

3. Women's Organisations and Civil Society in China: Making a Difference Jude Howell

4. Women in Movement: Transformations in African Political Landscapes Aili Mari Tripp

5. Gender and Civil Society in the Middle East Nadje Al-Ali

6. The Discourse of Dangdut: Gender and Civil Society in Indonesia Diane Mulligan

7. Chilean Feminism(s) in the 1990s: Paradoxes of an Unfinished Transition Marcela Rios Tobar

8. Impact of Feminist Civil Society and Political Alliances on Gender Policies in Mexico Linda S. Stevenson

9. The Dimensions and Policy Impact of Feminist Civil Society: Democratic Policy Making on Violence Against Women in the Fifty U.S. States S.L.Weldon

10. Who is the Real Civil Society? Women's Groups versus Pro-Family Groups at the International Criminal Court Negotations Marlies Glaius

Conclusion Jude Howell