Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 288
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-1932-9 • Paperback • September 2005 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
978-1-4616-4591-7 • eBook • September 2005 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Lee Ann Banaszak is associate professor of political science and women's studies at The Pennsylvania State University.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 An Introduction to the U.S. Women's Movement in Global Perspective
Part 3 Part I: The Women's Movement in the United States
Chapter 4 The Origins of the Women's Liberation Movement
Chapter 5 From the Second to the Third Wave: Continuity and Change in Grassroots Feminism
Chapter 6 Political Activism and Discursive Politics in the ERA Campaign
Chapter 7 The Politics of Decision Making in the National Organization for Women
Chapter 8 Grassroots Organizing in a Federated Structure: NOW Chapters in Four Local Fields
Part 9 Part II: Women's Movements in Comparative Perspective
Chapter 10 Political Mobilization: African American Gendered Repertoires
Chapter 11 Gendered Opportunities: The Formation of Women's Movements in the United States and Chile
Chapter 12 Women Organizing Women in the Russian Federation
Chapter 13 Trends and Transformations in Women's Movements in Japan and the United States
Chapter 14 Transnational Framing of Access to Abortion in the United States, England, and Ireland
Chapter 15 Conclusion: The U.S. Women's Movement and Beyond
What the book offers is an excellet set of essays on feminist organizing framed clearly within the social movement literature. The research findings are relevant not only for scholars interested in feminist mobilization, but for social movement scholars in general.
— Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Reader in Social Politics and Media, Loughborough University; Editor-in-Chief of Social Movement Studies, UK; International Feminist Journal of Politics, March 2009
A good introduction for those seeking to learn more about the U.S. feminist movement and feminist organizing in several other countries.
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FEATURES
—Detailed and current examination of the U.S. women's movement.
—Unites the U.S. women's movement with analyses of women's movements in other countries.
—Places discussion of social movement theories in an accessbile context.
—Includescomparisons with Latin America and Asia, as well as postcommunist countries.