基本説明
Shows how women activists across the globe are responding to the force of the 'new world order' in their communities.
Full Description
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Contents
Part OneGlobalization, and the Dilemmas of Transnational Feminist Praxis Nancy A. Naples 2. Transnational Solidarity: Women's Agency, Structural Adjustment and Globalization Manisha Desai 3. Women's Local and Translocal Responses: An Introduction to the Chapters Nancy A. Naples and Manisha Desai Part Two: Organizing Across Borders 4. Women to Women: Dissident Citizen Diplomacy in Nicaragua Clare Weber 5. From Mother's Rights to Equal Rights: Post-Soviet Grassroots Women's Associations Alexandra Hrycak 6. Las Mujeres Invisibles/The Invisible Women Sharon Ann Navarro 7. Contesting Multiple Margins: Asian Indian Community Activism in the Early and Late 20th Century Bandana Purkayashta Part Three: Localizing Global Politics 8. Creating Alternatives from a Gender Perspective: Transnational Organizing for Maquila Worker's Rights in Central America Jennifer Bickham Mendez 9. Context, Strategy, Ground: Rural Women Organizing to Confront Local/Global Economic Issues Betty Wells 10. Linking Local Efforts with Global Struggle: Trinidad's National Union of Domestic Employees Marina Karides 11. Women Activists in Mali: The Global Discourse on Human Rights Susanna D. Wing Part Four: Activism In and Against the Transnational State 12. The Limits of Micro-Credit: Transnational Feminism and US AID Activities in the United States and Morocco Winnifred Poster and Zakia Salime 13. "No Discrimination Whatsoever": Women's Transnational Activism and the Evolution of EU Sex Equality Policy Rachel A. Cichowski 14. Redefining Security: Okinawa Women's Resistance to US Militarism Yoko Fukumura and Martha Matsuoka Conclusion 15. Transnational Feminist Praxis: The Politics of Location Nancy A. Naples
