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Women's movements : flourishing or in abeyance? / edited by Sandra Grey and Marian Sawer.

Contributor(s): Series: Routledge research in comparative politics ; 22Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2008.Description: xix, 183 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780203927397 (ebook : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.4209/051 22
Contents:
Introduction / Marian Sawer and Sandra Grey -- The state of women's movement's in Britain : ambiguity, complexity and challenges from the periphery / Fiona Mackay -- Autonomy and engagement : women's movements in Australia and South Korea / Sarah Maddison and Kyungja Jung -- Institutional, incremental and enduring : women's health action in Canada and Australia / Gwen Gray -- Out of sight, out of mind : the New Zealand women's movement / Sandra Grey -- The politics of backlash in the United States and Japan / Joyce Gelb -- Gender specialists and global governance : new forms of women's movement mobilisation? / Jacqui True -- Campaigns for candidate gender quotas : a new global women's movement? / Mona Lena Krook -- Women in cities : new spaces for the women's movement? / Caroline Andrew -- Cyberfeminism in action : claiming women's space in cyberspace / CJ Rowe -- In strong hands : young women and the future of women's movements / Sarah Maddison.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 305 gre 420905 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 65862

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Marian Sawer and Sandra Grey -- The state of women's movement's in Britain : ambiguity, complexity and challenges from the periphery / Fiona Mackay -- Autonomy and engagement : women's movements in Australia and South Korea / Sarah Maddison and Kyungja Jung -- Institutional, incremental and enduring : women's health action in Canada and Australia / Gwen Gray -- Out of sight, out of mind : the New Zealand women's movement / Sandra Grey -- The politics of backlash in the United States and Japan / Joyce Gelb -- Gender specialists and global governance : new forms of women's movement mobilisation? / Jacqui True -- Campaigns for candidate gender quotas : a new global women's movement? / Mona Lena Krook -- Women in cities : new spaces for the women's movement? / Caroline Andrew -- Cyberfeminism in action : claiming women's space in cyberspace / CJ Rowe -- In strong hands : young women and the future of women's movements / Sarah Maddison.

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