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Author Hassim, Shireen.

Title Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa [electronic resource] : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.

Imprint Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 355 p.
Series Women in Africa and the diaspora
Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0299213803 (cloth : alk. paper)
0299213846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780299213800
9780299213848

 
    
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