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Global feminism : transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights / edited by Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2006.Description: ix, 325 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0814727360 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 FER
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Contents:
Globalization and feminism : opportunities and obstacles for activism in the global arena / Myra Marx Ferree -- Unlikely godmother : the UN and the global women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- The evolution of transnational feminisms : consensus, conflict, and new dynamics / Aili Mari Tripp -- Turkey's modern paradoxes : identity politics, women's agency, and universal rights / Yakin Ertürk -- Working women of the world unite : labor organizing and transnational gender solidarity among domestic workers in Hong Kong / Sarah Swider -- Women's organizing in post-Yugoslav countries : talking about donors / Aida Bagić -- Women as agents for development : learning from the experiences of women in Finland / Hilkka Pietilä -- Regional women's activism : African women's networks and the African Union / Melinda Adams -- Measuring feminist mobilization : cross-national convergences and transnational networks in Western Europe / Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur -- Transnational feminist NGOs on the Web : networks and identities in the global North and South / Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana Pudrovska -- Human/women's rights and feminist transversal politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Challenges in transnational feminist mobilization / Aili Mari Tripp.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Explores the social and political developments that have energized movements of global feminism

Increasingly feminists around the world have successfully campaigned for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Global Feminism explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Drawn from an international group of scholars and activists, the authors of these original essays assess both the opportunities that transnationalism has created and the tensions it has inadvertently fostered. By focusing on both the local and global struggles of today's feminist activists this important volume reveals much about women's changing rights, treatment and impact in the global world.

Contributors: Melinda Adams, Aida Bagic, Yakin Ertürk, Myra Marx Ferree, Amy G. Mazur, Dorothy E. McBride, Hilkka Pietilä, Tetyana Pudrovska, Margaret Snyder, Sarah Swider, Aili Mari Tripp, Nira Yuval-Davis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization and feminism : opportunities and obstacles for activism in the global arena / Myra Marx Ferree -- Unlikely godmother : the UN and the global women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- The evolution of transnational feminisms : consensus, conflict, and new dynamics / Aili Mari Tripp -- Turkey's modern paradoxes : identity politics, women's agency, and universal rights / Yakin Ertürk -- Working women of the world unite : labor organizing and transnational gender solidarity among domestic workers in Hong Kong / Sarah Swider -- Women's organizing in post-Yugoslav countries : talking about donors / Aida Bagić -- Women as agents for development : learning from the experiences of women in Finland / Hilkka Pietilä -- Regional women's activism : African women's networks and the African Union / Melinda Adams -- Measuring feminist mobilization : cross-national convergences and transnational networks in Western Europe / Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur -- Transnational feminist NGOs on the Web : networks and identities in the global North and South / Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana Pudrovska -- Human/women's rights and feminist transversal politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Challenges in transnational feminist mobilization / Aili Mari Tripp.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. vii)
  • Part I Recognizing Transnational Feminism
  • 1 Globalization and Feminism: Opportunities and Obstacles for Activism in the Global Arena (p. 3)
  • 2 Unlikely Godmother: The UN and the Global Women's Movement (p. 24)
  • 3 The Evolution of Transnational Feminisms: Consensus, Conflict, and New Dynamics (p. 51)
  • Part II Local Experiences: Encountering the Transnational
  • 4 Turkey's Modern Paradoxes: Identity Politics, Women's Agency, and Universal Rights (p. 79)
  • 5 Working Women of the World Unite? Labor Organizing and Transnational Gender Solidarity among Domestic Workers in Hong Kong (p. 110)
  • 6 Women's Organizing in Post-Yugoslav Countries: Talking about "Donors" (p. 141)
  • 7 Women as Agents for Development: Learning from the Experiences of Women in Finland? (p. 166)
  • Part III Activism in Transnational Space
  • 8 Regional Women's Activism: African Women's Networks and the African Union (p. 187)
  • 9 Measuring Feminist Mobilization: Cross-National Convergences and Transnational Networks in Western Europe (p. 219)
  • 10 Transnational Feminist NGOs on the Web: Networks and Identities in the Global North and South (p. 247)
  • Part IV Conclusions
  • 11 Human/Women's Rights and Feminist Transversal Politics (p. 275)
  • 12 Challenges in Transnational Feminist Mobilization (p. 296)
  • About the Contributors (p. 313)
  • Index (p. 317)

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