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Author Hassim, Shireen.

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

Publication Info. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4096 H355W    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 355 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
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.
ISBN 0299213803 cloth alkaline paper
0299213846 paperback alkaline paper
9780299213800
9780299213848
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