Minority women and austerity : survival and resistance in France and Britain / Leah Bassel and Akwugo Emejulu ; foreword by Patricia Hill Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bassel, Leah, 1976- author.

Emejulu, Akwugo, author.

Contributor:

Hill Collins, Patricia, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women political activists--Great Britain.

Women political activists.

Women political activists--France.

Minority women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Minority women.

Minority women--France--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century.

Great Britain.

France--Social conditions--21st century.

France.

Minority women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xv, 150 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender and legal status as a resource for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation of non-governmental organizations, the failures of left-wing politics and the patronising initiatives of policy makers. Using in-depth case studies, this book explores the changing relations between the state, the market and civil society which create opportunities and dilemmas for minority women activists. Through an intersectional 'politics of survival' these women seek to subvert the dominant narratives of 'crisis' and 'activism'. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Taking minority women's activism seriously 1

2 Theorising and resisting 'political racelessness' in Europe 19

3 Whose crisis counts? 33

4 Enterprising activism 53

5 The politics of survival 77

6 Learning across cases, learning beyond 'cases' 99

7 Conclusion: warning signs 115.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-144) and index.

ISBN:

9781447327134

1447327136

OCLC:

979568315