Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies / Edition 1

by Nickie Charles, Helen Hintjens

Overview

First Published in 2004. This volume is a collection of the papers from an annual conference in February 1993 of the women’s sections of the British Sociological Association and the Political Studies Association at the London School of Economics. Its focus was ‘Gender, Sexuality and Identity: Commonalities and Difference’. With the exception of Valerie Bryson’s chapter and the introductory chapter, all the chapters in this volume originated as papers presented to that conference. There have been a number of political issues that have characterised the post-Cold War era such as nationalism, religious fundamentalism, inter-ethnic conflict and the process of democratization.
In this ground breaking study the authors develop a feminist perspective on these issues and reveal the way that political ideologies use women as symbols of cultural identity. Included are chapters on inter-ethnic conflict in Yugoslavia, the emergence of a "male democracy" in Chile, women's rights in Israel, the far right and women in France and the experience of immigrants in Britain.
Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies is a revealing study of women's involvement with restrictive political ideologies and demonstrates the importance of a feminist politics that enables women to understand and work with each other across the boundaries that divide them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415148214
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/27/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nickie Charles is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Wales Swansea., Helen Hintjens is a Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Gender, ethnicity and cultural identity: womens ‘places’, Nickie Charles, Helen Hintjens; Chapter 2 Founding fathers and earth mothers, Sarah Benton; Chapter 3 Identity: feminist perspectives on ‘race’, ethnicity and nationality, Sheila Allen; Chapter 4 The logics of exclusion, Mirjana Morokvasic; Chapter 5 When society was simple, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 6 Strategies of resistance among the Muslim minority in West Yorkshire, Haleh Afshar; Chapter 7 Citizen warriors, workers and mothers, Valerie Bryson; Chapter 8 Women's activism, authoritarianism and democratisation in Chile, Georgina Waylen; Chapter 9 Beyond differences, Nira Yuval-Davis;

Editorial Reviews

'I think it is imprtant reading for all development practitioners...This book enables readers from all backgrounds to develop a firm grasp of these important concepts, and to understand how they affetc women in particular.' - Development in Practice, Vol 9. No.3 1999

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