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Nation and Gender in Contemporary Europe

Author : Vera Tolz

Publisher : Manchester University Press

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 29,12 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780719068560

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Building on the growing body of theoretical literature on the gendered nature of nationalism, this book offers a systematic examination of similarities and differences in the construction of gender and national identities in post-communist societies of Eastern and East Central Europe as well as established and the more stable democracies of Western Europe. It points to some of the key sources of inevitable tensions in the future united Europe, which stem from different perceptions of national and gender roles in different parts of the continent.



Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe

Author : Michaela Köttig

Publisher : Springer

Page : 391 pages

File Size : 45,76 MB

Release : 2016-12-20

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3319435337

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This book is a systematic consideration of the link between the extreme right and the discourse about developments in regard to gender issues within different national states. The contributors analyze right-wing extremist tendencies in Europe under the specific perspective on gender. The volume brings together the few existing findings concerning the quantitative dimension of activities carried out by men and women in different countries, and illuminates and juxtaposes gender ratios along with the role of women in right-wing extremism. Along with the gender-specific access to right-wing groups, the chapters look at networks, organizational forms, specific strategies of female right-wing extremists, their ideologies (especially regarding femininity and masculinity), hetero normativity, discourses on sexuality, and preventive and counter-strategies. The book will be of use to students and scholars interested in gender and politics, European politics, and political extremism.



Gender, Nation and Religion in European Pilgrimage

Author : Willy Jansen

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 28,46 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1409449645

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Old pilgrimage routes are attracting huge numbers of people. Religious or spiritual meanings are interwoven with socio-cultural and politico-strategic concerns and this book explores three such concerns of hot debate in Europe: religious identity construction in a changing European religious landscape; gender and sexual emancipation; and (trans)national identities in the context of migration and European unification. Through the explorations of such pilgrimages by a multidisciplinary range of international scholars, this book shows how the old routes of Europe are offering inspirational opportunities for making new journeys.



Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe

Author : Roman Kuhar

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 19,62 MB

Release : 2017-08-07

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1786600013

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This edited collection offers a transnational and comparative approach to understanding anti-gender mobilizations in Europe.



Gender and Cosmopolitanism in Europe

Author : Ulrike M. Vieten

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 49,50 MB

Release : 2016-04-15

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1317130715

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Gender and Cosmopolitanism in Europe combines a feminist critique of contemporary and prominent approaches to cosmopolitanism with an in-depth analysis of historical cosmopolitanism and the manner in which gendered symbolic boundaries of national political communities in two European countries are drawn. Exploring the work of prominent scholars of new cosmopolitanism in Britain and Germany, including Held, Habermas, Beck and Bhabha, it delivers a timely intervention into current debates on globalisation, Europeanisation and social processes of transformation in and beyond specific national societies. A rigorous examination of the emancipatory potential of current debates surrounding cosmopolitanism in Europe, this book will be of interest to sociologist and political scientists working on questions of identity, inclusion, citizenship, globalisation, cosmopolitanism and gender.



Gender, Race, and Nationalism in Contemporary Black Politics

Author : N. Alexander-Floyd

Publisher : Springer

Page : 251 pages

File Size : 46,15 MB

Release : 2007-08-06

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0230605583

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An examination of the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically within American politics as a whole. The author not only highlights the critical role of race and gender, she goes further to show how they operate to define political discourse and to determine public policy.



European Feminisms, 1700-1950

Author : Karen M. Offen

Publisher : Stanford University Press

Page : 582 pages

File Size : 44,49 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0804734208

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This ambitious book explores challenges to male hegemony throughout continental Europe over the past 250 years. For general readers and those interested primarily in the historical record, it provides a comprehensive, comparative account of feminist developments in European societies, as well as a rereading of European history from a feminist perspective. By placing gender, or relations between women and men, at the center of European politics, it aims to reconfigure our understanding of the European past and to make visible a long but neglected tradition of feminist thought and politics. On another level the book seeks to disentangle some misperceptions and to demystify some confusing contemporary debates about the Enlightenment, reason, nature, and public vs. private, equality vs. difference. In the process, the author aims to show that gender is not merely 'a useful category of analysis', but that sexual difference lies at the heart of human thought and politics.



Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary

Author : Katalin Fábián

Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 47,58 MB

Release : 2009-10-14

Category : History

ISBN : 0801894050

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As the first and only book in any language on contemporary women’s movements in Hungary, this groundbreaking study focuses on the role of women’s activism in a society where women are not yet adequately represented by established parties and political institutions. Drawing on eyewitness accounts of meetings and protests, as well as first-person interviews with leading female activists, Katalin Fábián examines the interactions between women’s groups in Hungary and studies the unique brand of democracy they have forged in postcommunist Eastern Europe. Through her analysis, she demonstrates how democratization and globalization—with their attendant range of challenges and opportunities—have led women to redefine public-private divides.



The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe

Author : Huub van Baar

Publisher : Berghahn Books

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 41,30 MB

Release : 2020-02-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1789206421

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Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of radically diverse kinds of identity politics, including anti-migrant, anti-Roma, anti-Muslim and anti-establishment movements, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated. In part, the contributors argue, the answer lies in a movement beyond classic identity politics and any opposition between essentialism and constructivism.



Gender Inequality and Welfare States in Europe

Author : Mary Daly

Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 22,80 MB

Release : 2020-02-28

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1788111265

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Gender equality has been one of the defining projects of European welfarestates. It has proven an elusive goal, not just because of political opposition but also due to a lack of clarity in how to best frame equality and take account of family-related considerations. This wide-ranging book assembles the most pertinent literature and evidence to provide a critical understanding of how contemporary state policies engage with gender inequalities.