Women's emancipation and civil society organisations : challenging or maintaining the status quo? /: challenging or maintaining the status quo?. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Women's emancipation and civil society organizations
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christina Schwabenland, Chris Lange, Jenny Onyx and Sachiko Nakagawa.
• Editors: Schwabenland, Christina; Lange, Chris; Onyx, Jenny, 1941-; Nakagawa, Sachiko
• Contents: WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS; Dedication; Contents; Images, figures, maps and tables; Images; Figures; Maps; Tables; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Foreword ; 1. Introducing the anthology; Introduction; Theoretical frames ; Emancipation as a standpoint to challenge domination; The genesis of the anthology; Structure of the anthology; Overview of the first section; Overview of the second section; 2. 'Empowerment' as women's emancipation? A global analysis of the empowerment paradigm and the influence of feminism in women's NGOs; Introduction. Women's global inequalityGender equality policy; Feminism, empowerment and the 'empowerment paradigm'; Research findings: gender equality policy and practice in women's NGOs; Conclusion; Section One. Organising for emancipation; 3. Se Non Ora Quando? ('If not now, when?') The birth, growth and challenges of a new voice within the feminist scenario in Italy; Introduction; Methodological note; Italy: 'the land that feminism forgot'1; The birth of the SNOQ movement; Growth of the movement: from the first ID card to the first national event in Siena. Organisation and management structure of the SNOQ movementMedia relations and agenda setting: fame, competence and strategy; The relationships with other feminist movements in Italy; The relationship with politics and political parties; Conclusions; 4. Street harassment activism in the twenty-first century; Introduction to street harassment: 'Men always bother you, all the time'; The development of the movement to end street harassment; Government responses; Global activism in a digital age; The future of anti-street harassment activism; Conclusion. 5. New gender-political impulses from Eastern Europe: the case of Pussy RiotThe phenomenon of Pussy Riot: an introduction ; The conditions for feminist activism: the state, religion and civil society in contemporary Russia; A close connection: the church and the state in Russia; Gender relations in Russia; Pussy Riot: feminist 'anti-Putinism' ; Pussy Riot as political protest; Pussy Riot as a religiously motivated protest; Pussy Riot as feminist protest; Pussy Riot and their critique of the economic system; Conclusion. 6. How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions: a case studyIntroduction; Conceptual framework; Empirical approach; La Barbe, a feminist activist group; 'La Barbe's main performance: 'congratulating organisations'; Interpreting La Barbe tactical repertoire; Relevance of La Barbe tactical repertoire for organisation studies; La Barbe influences and inspirations; Criticism of French feminism; La Barbe dialectical continuity with former feminisms; The theoretical inspirations of La Barbe; Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 368 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 305.42; Women -- Political activity; Women civic leaders; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Women civic leaders; Women -- Political activity; Zivilgesellschaft; Frauenemanzipation; Soziale Rolle; Gleichberechtigung; Feminismus; Nichtstaatliche Organisation; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1447324803; 9781447324805
• Related ISBNs: 1447324773; 144732482X; 1447324811; 9781447324799; 144732479X; 9781447324775
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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