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

By: Hassim, ShireenContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Women in Africa and the diasporaPublication details: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006Description: xiv, 355 pSubject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.2/082/0968 LOC classification: HQ1236.5.S6 | H37 2006Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-339) and index.

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.

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