Women and community action / Lena Dominelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dominelli, Lena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in community development--Great Britain.

Women in community development.

Women in community organization--Great Britain.

Women in community organization.

Feminism--Great Britain.

Feminism.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xviii, 282 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 Introduction: community, an undervalued women's space p. 1

Communities as complex entities p. 2

Conceptual framework p. 4

(Re)conceptualising communities p. 7

Mainstream models of community work p. 13

Emerging forms of community work p. 23

The book's structure p. 27

2 Creating and recreating communities as gendered entities p. 31

Gendered social relations p. 33

Feminist challenges to traditional community work p. 38

Gendering key concepts in community work p. 40

3 Women and social action: social change at the individual level p. 49

Feminist approaches to women's emotional well-being p. 50

Advocacy: a basis for individual and collective action p. 61

Feminist community-based social action on health issues: women challenge health professionals p. 63

Consciousness-raising groups p. 73

4 Women and social action: social change through group activities and networks p. 77

Changing the world for women, men and children by beginning with women p. 78

Challenging medical expertise p. 80

Characteristics of feminist groups, networks and campaigns p. 85

Collective organisation p. 85

Identifying which problems feminists address p. 87

Women organising across diverse boundaries p. 89

Organising aids, techniques and tips p. 93

5 Social change through collective action: campaigns and mass mobilisations p. 107

Feminist campaigns and social action p. 108

Childcare campaigns p. 113

#MeToo campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace p. 116

Greenham Common: women's contributions to feminist campaigns involving political action on peace p. 117

The impact of the Greenham Common Women's Peace p. 125

Movement on traditional community action Making allies p. 128

6 Feminist action in the workplace p. 131

Waged work and domestic labour are interlinked p. 132

Women's lot: unpaid domestic work and low-paid waged labour p. 132

Women's unequal engagement in the workplace p. 135

Feminist workplace initiatives p. 137

Childcare campaigns connect domestic work and waged labour p. 139

Eldercare: work undertaken in the home p. 142

Recognition of caring work: organising around old age is a workplace issue p. 146

Older women's organisations impact both the workplace and wider society p. 148

Women workers and women service users: shared interests p. 150

'We're all in it together' - women against pit closures p. 152

Feminist prefigurative forms p. 153

Contemporary struggles for equal pay p. 157

7 Increasing women's positions in parliament, governance and decision-making structures p. 159

Feminist political action nationally in the UK p. 160

Feminists target the political realm p. 163

Feminist social action in British public relational space p. 164

Feminism and British municipal socialism p. 166

Autonomous feminist political organisations: lessons from Iceland p. 169

Feminist political action outside electoral politics p. 172

Ecofeminism and redefining economic and environmental issues p. 174

8 Sustainable community development p. 177

Sustainability, modernity and globalisation p. 178

Poverty eradication is crucial to sustainable development processes p. 184

The focus on micro-level sustainability in community work p. 185

The Community Development Projects p. 186

Mainstream community work continues to monetarise sustainability p. 191

Sustainable income-generation projects p. 194

Microfinance schemes: micro-level sustainable income-generation projects p. 195

Empowering social capital p. 196

Facilitative factors in supporting social development p. 198

9 International policy changes and mainstreaming women's actions in communities p. 201

International attempts to challenge gender inequalities p. 202

UNWomen: a global initiative to improve conditions for all women p. 214

Meeting women's welfare concerns: the general and specifics p. 214

The Millennium Development Goals p. 216

The Sustainable Development Goals p. 217

Country-based initiatives p. 218

Supporting women: changing and transforming policies and practices p. 221

Organising women in the community p. 222

Feminist community action and the future p. 225

Feminist theory and practice: guiding principles p. 226

Contributions by feminist community work and social action to mainstreaming gender equality p. 229

Changing social work practice p. 229.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447341543

1447341546

9781447341567

1447341562

OCLC:

1103976656