Global feminism : transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights /
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, c2006. |
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| Description: | ix, 325 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6019718 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Recognizing Transnational Feminism
- 1. Globalization and Feminism: Opportunities and Obstacles for Activism in the Global Arena
- 2. Unlikely Godmother: The UN and the Global Women's Movement
- 3. The Evolution of Transnational Feminisms: Consensus, Conflict, and New Dynamics
- Part II. Local Experiences: Encountering the Transnational
- 4. Turkey's Modern Paradoxes: Identity Politics, Women's Agency, and Universal Rights
- 5. Working Women of the World Unite? Labor Organizing and Transnational Gender Solidarity among Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
- 6. Women's Organizing in Post-Yugoslav Countries: Talking about "Donors"
- 7. Women as Agents for Development: Learning from the Experiences of Women in Finland?
- Part III. Activism in Transnational Space
- 8. Regional Women's Activism: African Women's Networks and the African Union
- 9. Measuring Feminist Mobilization: Cross-National Convergences and Transnational Networks in Western Europe
- 10. Transnational Feminist NGOs on the Web: Networks and Identities in the Global North and South
- Part IV. Conclusions
- 11. Human/Women's Rights and Feminist Transversal Politics
- 12. Challenges in Transnational Feminist Mobilization
- About the Contributors
- Index
