Working the spaces of power : activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour /

Newman, Janet,

Working the spaces of power : activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour / Janet Newman. - xii, 212 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: research as mapmaking -- Talking politics -- Perverse alignments: women's activism and the governmentalization of community -- Close encounters: feminism, policy and the remaking of governance -- Modernizing moments: work, organizations and the entrepreneurial self -- Critical engagements: knowledge-work as political practice -- Border work: generating spaces of power -- Activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour -- Postscript: speaking to the present -- Appendix: conducting the research-ethics, methods and modes of analysis.

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Women--Political activity.
Women in public life--Interviews
Political planning
Neoliberalism

HQ1236 / .N496 2012

305.42

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