| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 492 pages) |
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Oxford studies in democratization |
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Oxford studies in democratization.
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| Contents |
Women's capabilities and social justice / Martha Nussbaum -- Gender justice, human rights, and neo-liberal economic policies / Dane Elson -- Multiculturalism, universalism, and the claims of democracy / Anne Phillips -- Political and social citizenship: an examination of the case of Poland / Jacqueline Heinen and Stéphane Portet -- Engendering the new social citizenship in Chile: NGOs and social provisioning under neo-liberalism / Verónica Schild -- Engendering education: prospects for a rights-based approach to female education deprivation in India / Ramya Subrahmanian -- Encounters between feminism, democracy, and reformism in contemporary Iran / Parvin Paidar -- The "devil's deal": women's political participation and authoritarianism in Peru / Cecilia Blondet -- In and against the party: women's representation and constituency-building in Uganda and South Africa / Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim -- The politics of gender, ethnicity, and democratization in Malaysia: shifting interests and identities / Maznah Mohamad -- National law and indigenous customary law: the struggle for justice of indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico / R. Aída Hernández Castillo -- The politics of women's rights and cultural diversity in Uganda / Aili Mari Tripp |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
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Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Congresses
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Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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Women -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Congresses
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Social justice -- Developing countries -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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Social justice
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Social policy
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Women -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women's rights
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
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ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
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CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE.
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GENDER EQUALITY.
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WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT.
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FEMINISM.
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CULTURAL PLURALISM.
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DEMOCRACY.
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CASE STUDIES.
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POLAND.
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CHILE.
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WOMEN'S EDUCATION.
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INDIA.
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DEMOCRATIZATION.
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IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.
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PERU.
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SOUTH AFRICA.
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UGANDA.
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MALAYSIA.
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AMERINDIANS.
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MEXICO.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Social policy -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Molyneux, Maxine.
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Razavi, Shahra.
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
0199256454 |
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9780199256457 |
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9780191531361 |
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0191531367 |
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0191601985 |
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9780191601989 |
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1282007203 |
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9781282007208 |
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9786612007200 |
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6612007206 |
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