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

Title
Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.
Author
Hassim, Shireen.
Publication
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.
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xiv, 355 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Women in Africa and the diaspora
Subject
  • Women > Political activity > South Africa
  • Women and democracy > South Africa
  • Feminism > South Africa
  • Women > South Africa > Societies and clubs
  • South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-339) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 06-6420
ISBN
  • 0299213803 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0299213846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005011887
  • 9780299213800
  • 9780299213848
OCLC
60188020
Author
Hassim, Shireen.
Title
Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.
Imprint
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.
Series
Women in Africa and the diaspora
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-339) and index.
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9780299213848
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Sc E 08-758
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