Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.
- Hassim, Shireen
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
xiv, 355 pages ; 23 cm.
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-339) and index.
Reproduction note
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