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Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa: Contesting Authority (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
Shireen Hassim
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Paperback. Examines interactions between transition to democracy in South Africa and South African women's movement. This work explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. It reveals how women's political organizations both shaped, and were shaped by the broader democratic movement offering a historically informed discussion. Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women's movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women's political organizations both shaped, and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly ... Read more
The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women's movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women's political organizations both shaped, and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Women in Africa and the Diaspora
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299213848
SKU
V9780299213848
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About Shireen Hassim
Shireen Hassim is senior lecturer in political science at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and a widely published author in the field of gender politics in South Africa.
Reviews for Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa: Contesting Authority (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
Essential reading for all those interested in the theory and practice of social and political transformation. - Amina Mama, University of Cape Town, South Africa