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

Examining interactions between democracy in South Africa and South African women's movement, this book explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. It confronts issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists' engagement with the ANC and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hassim, Shireen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006.
Series:Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.