UID:
edocfu_9959231343402883
Format:
1 online resource (505 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-106907-8
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0-19-160198-5
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0-19-153136-7
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1-282-00720-3
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9786612007200
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in democratization
Content:
This text examines contemporary issues such as neoliberal policies, democracy and multiculturalism, analyzing them from a gender perspective. It examines how liberal rights and ideas of democracy and justice have been absorbed into the political agendas of women's movements.
Note:
Papers presented at an UNRISD workshop held in New York on June 3, 2000 to coincide with the General Assembly Special Session for the Beijing Plus Five Review.
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""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1. Introduction""; ""I. Rethinking Liberal Rights and Universalism""; ""2. Women's Capabilities and Social Justice""; ""3. Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Neo-liberal Economic Policies""; ""4. Multiculturalism, Universalism, and the Claims of Democracy""; ""II. Social Sector Restructuring and Social Rights""; ""5. Political and Social Citizenship: An Examination of the Case of Poland""; ""6. Engendering the New Social Citizenship in Chile: NGOs and Social Provisioningunder Neo-liberalism""
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""7. Engendering Education: Prospects for a Rights-Based Approach to Female Education Deprivation in India""""III. Democratization and the Politics of Gender""; ""8. Encounters between Feminism, Democracy and Reformism in Contemporary Iran""; ""9. The �Devil's Deal�: Women's Political Participation and Authoritarianism in Peru""; ""10. In and Against the Party: Women's Representation and Constituency-Building in Uganda and South Africa""; ""IV. Multiculturalisms in Practice""; ""11. The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity, and Democratization in Malaysia: Shifting Interests and Identities""
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""12. National Law and Indigenous Customary Law: The Struggle for Justice of Indigenous Women in Chiapas, Mexico""""13. The Politics of Women's Rights and Cultural Diversity in Uganda""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-925644-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-925645-4
Language:
English
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