Global Democracy, Social Movements & Feminism / Eschle, Catherine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eschle, Catherine.

Series:

Feminist theory and politics.

Feminist Theory and Politics

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Social movements.

Feminism.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000.

Summary:

In Global Democracy, Social Movements, and Feminism Catherine Eschle examines the relationship between social movements and democracy in social and political thought in the context of debates about the exclusions and mobilizations generated by gender hierarchies and the impact of globalization. Eschle considers a range of approaches in social and political thought, from long-standing liberal, republican, Marxist and anarchist traditions, through post-Marxist and post-modernist innovations and recent efforts to theorize democracy and social movements at a global level. The author turns to feminist theory and movement practices--and particularly to black and third world feminist interventions--in debates about the democratization of feminism itself. Eschle discusses the ways in which such debates are increasingly played out on a global scale as feminists grapple with the implication of globalization for movement organization. The author then concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these feminist debates for the theorization of democracy more generally in an era of global transformation.

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Modernity, Social Movements, and Democracy; Introduction; Epochal Change (1); Liberalism, Individualism, and Civil Society; Marxism, Historical Materialism, and Class Struggle; Republicanism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere; Anarchism, Power, and Movement; TABLE 1: Modernist Traditions; 2. New Times, New Social Movements, New Democracy; Introduction; Epochal Change (2); Associations, States, and Markets; Radical Democracy and Hegemony; A Postmodern Politics of Difference; Conclusion; 3. Constructing a Woman-Friendly Polity; Introduction

Gendered Exclusions and Feminist ExplanationsUncovering Patriarchy; Feminist Reconstructions of the Polity; Democratic Limitations; Conclusion; TABLE 3: Feminist Democratic Theory; 4. Reconstructing the Feminist Movement; Introduction; Democratizing the Feminist Movement; Black and Third World Feminist Interventions; Democratic Innovations (1); Conclusion; 5. Globalizing Democracy, Globalizing Movements; Introduction; Epochal Change (3); Modernizing Liberal Cosmopolitanism; Demarchy on a Global Scale; Marxism and the Globalization of Class Struggle; Globalizing Radical Civil Society

A Postmodern Politics of ConnectionConclusion; 6. Reconstructing Global Feminism, Engendering Global Democracy; Gendering Epochal Change; Reconstructing the Polity in an Era of Globalization; Reconstructing Global Feminism; Democratic Innovations (2); Conclusion; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Title from content provider.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-97983-5

0-429-50020-3

1-4294-8656-2

9780429500206

OCLC:

171596404