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

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Women -- Political activity -- South Africa. Women and democracy -- South Africa. Feminism -- South Africa. Women -- South Africa -- Societies and clubs. South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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.

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