Is Academic Feminism Dead? : : Theory in Practice /

Is Academic Feminism Dead? : : Theory in Practice / / ed. by The Social Justice Group.

What role does theory play in academia today? How can feminist theory be made more relevant to the very real struggles undertaken by women of all professions, races, and sexual orientation? How can it be directed into more effective social activism, and how is theory itself a form of practice? Femin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Women’s Political Participation and the Influence of Contagion
  • 2 Understanding Women’s Legislative Representation
  • 3 Women and the Executive
  • 4 Gender and Cross-National Courts
  • 5 Contagion and the Adoption of Voluntary Party Quotas
  • 6 Contagion and the Adoption of National Quotas
  • 7 Conclusion: Why Contagion Matters
  • Appendix 1 Cases in Legislative Analysis
  • Appendix 2 Cases in Executive Analysis
  • Appendix 3 Female Executives by Country
  • Appendix 4 Cases in Courts Analysis
  • Appendix 5 Parties with Quotas
  • Appendix 6 Cases in Voluntary Party Quota Analysis
  • Appendix 7 National Quotas
  • Appendix 8 Cases in National Quota Analysis
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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