Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority /

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Author / Creator:Hassim, Shireen.
Imprint:Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.
Description:xiv, 355 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Women in Africa and the diaspora / series editors, Stanlie James, Aili Mari Tripp
Women in Africa and the diaspora.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10515584
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Other authors / contributors:American Council of Learned Societies.
ISBN:0299213803
0299213846
9780299213800
9780299213848
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement
  • Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism
  • The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-90
  • The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation
  • The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated
  • From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement
  • Political parties, quotas, and representation in the new democracy
  • One woman, one desk, one typist : moving into the bureaucracy
  • Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.