Women's movements : flourishing or in abeyance / edited by Sandra Grey and Marian Sawer. - xix, 183 pages ; 25 cm. - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 22 . - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 22. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-175) and index.

Introduction -- In Abeyance? -- The State of Women's Movement/s in Britain -- Autonomy and Engagement -- Institutional, Incremental and Enduring -- Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The New Zealand Women's Movement -- The Politics of Backlash in the United States and Japan -- New Spaces -- Gender Specialists and Global Governance: New Forms of Women's Movement Mobilisation? -- Campaigns for Candidate Gender Quotas: A New Global Women's Movement? -- Women in Cities -- Cyberfeminism in Action -- New Feminist Activists -- New Voices -- In Strong Hands: Young Women and the Future of Women's Movements -- Australia -- Canada -- Japan -- Korea -- New Zealand -- Scotland -- States. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part 2. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3. 11. Unit ed.

0415462452 9780415462457

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Feminism--Cross-cultural studies
Women--Social conditions--21st century.

HQ1155 / .W68 2008

305.4209051