Women, civil society and the geopolitics of democratization / Denise M. Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Denise M. (Denise Marie)

Series:

Routledge advances in feminist studies and intersectionality ; 2.

Routledge advances in feminist studies and intersectionality ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in development.

Geopolitics.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decade, democratization and civil society promotion became key variables in preserving global security and the liberal economic market. This book examines the prevalence of democratization policies as a hegemonic geopolitical tool; these policies represent a concerted political effort in which civil society organizations are manipulated through funding strategies. Denise Horn offers a fresh, innovative feminist-constructivist perspective by arguing that Western gender norms--i.e. those norms that determine degrees of participation within civil society--inform the policies of hege

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I Constructing Gender and Democratization Within a Framework of Geopolitics; 1 Gentle Invasions: Creating Pro-United States and Pro-European Spaces for Global Democracy; 2 Gentle Invasions and the Development of Civil Society in Transitional States; 3 Post-Soviet US and EU Foreign Policy: Exploiting the Tools of Democratization; Part II Case Studies: Gentle Invasions and the Newly Independent States

4 Setting the Agenda: US and Nordic Gender Policies in the Estonian Transition to Democracy5 Constructing Agency: Civil Society and Gender Identity in Moldova; 6 Gentle Invasions: Universally Applicable or Culturally Specific?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-99165-4

1-136-99166-2

1-282-56979-1

9786612569791

0-203-85459-4

9780203854594

OCLC:

609856117