Politics & feminism / Barbara Arneil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arneil, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Feminism--Political aspects.

Feminism.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

vi, 284 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Politics and feminism

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1999.

Summary:

Politics and Feminism provides a fresh and important account of gender in western political theory and practice. This accessible volume describes the theoretical and historical underpinnings of women's exclusion from politics, and the feminist response to this exclusion.

The first half of the book starts with a discussion of how the terms "politics" and "feminism" intersect, respond, and grow out of the other. The second half of the book is a history of feminism seen from the perspective of its own evolution and leads to Arneil's penultimate chapter arguing the "third wave feminism."

This is an intriguing and thought-provoking introduction which illustrates how the dualities of politics and the women's movement have redefined western politics and the feminist critique of that construction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-274) and index.

ISBN:

0631198121

063119813X

OCLC:

39484949