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International perspectives on gender and democratisation / edited by Shirin M. Rai.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Women's studies at York seriesPublisher: London : New York : Macmillan ; St. Martin's Press, 2000Description: viii, 207 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0312232101
  • 9780312232108
  • 0333750055
  • 9780333750056
  • 0333750047
  • 9780333750049
  • 0333715128
  • 9780333715123
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.34
  • 305.42 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236 .I626 2000
Contents:
International perspectives on gender and democratisation / Shirin M. Rai -- Women and citizenship in Mexico and Guatemala / Cathy Blacklock and Laura Macdonald -- Law, Islam and the women's movement in Pakistan / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Democrats without democracy / Azza Karam -- Civil society, citizenship and women's rights in Botswana / Onalena Selolwane -- Gender and citizenship in the context of democratisation and economic reform in East Central Europe / Barbara Einhorn -- Gender, class and political power in Britain / Joanna Liddle and Elisabeth Michielsens -- Democratising the Indian parliament / Shirin M. Rai and Kumud Sharma -- Institutionalising changes / Lindiwe Zulu -- Fragility of democratic reform / Carol Johnson.
Review: "International Perspective on Gender and Democratisation examines and addresses four broad themes. First is the participation of women in political movements; second, the importance of women's participation in processes of institutional - constitutional and legal - design: third, institutional practice at different levels - the national and the international; and finally, the need for constant vigilance in any engagement with state-initiated and dominated processes of democratisation. The contributors bring to it experiences of women's democratic struggles from different parts of the world - both North and South - to address the themes of the book. The emphasis is on the historical and political specificities of regions, movements and ideas and on the ways that women's movements assess their immediate and long-term interests. With its focus on women's struggles for a political presence in human rights, citizenship rights and democratic institutional entitlements to citizenship, this volume is an important contribution to the literature on gender and democratisation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.

International perspectives on gender and democratisation / Shirin M. Rai -- Women and citizenship in Mexico and Guatemala / Cathy Blacklock and Laura Macdonald -- Law, Islam and the women's movement in Pakistan / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Democrats without democracy / Azza Karam -- Civil society, citizenship and women's rights in Botswana / Onalena Selolwane -- Gender and citizenship in the context of democratisation and economic reform in East Central Europe / Barbara Einhorn -- Gender, class and political power in Britain / Joanna Liddle and Elisabeth Michielsens -- Democratising the Indian parliament / Shirin M. Rai and Kumud Sharma -- Institutionalising changes / Lindiwe Zulu -- Fragility of democratic reform / Carol Johnson.

"International Perspective on Gender and Democratisation examines and addresses four broad themes. First is the participation of women in political movements; second, the importance of women's participation in processes of institutional - constitutional and legal - design: third, institutional practice at different levels - the national and the international; and finally, the need for constant vigilance in any engagement with state-initiated and dominated processes of democratisation. The contributors bring to it experiences of women's democratic struggles from different parts of the world - both North and South - to address the themes of the book. The emphasis is on the historical and political specificities of regions, movements and ideas and on the ways that women's movements assess their immediate and long-term interests. With its focus on women's struggles for a political presence in human rights, citizenship rights and democratic institutional entitlements to citizenship, this volume is an important contribution to the literature on gender and democratisation."--BOOK JACKET.

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