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Author Hassim, Shireen.

Title Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.

Publication Info. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 355 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Women in Africa and the diaspora
Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index.
Contents Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement -- Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism -- The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-90 -- The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation -- The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated -- From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement -- Political parties, quotas, and representation in the new democracy -- One woman, one desk, one typist : moving into the bureaucracy -- Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Women -- Political activity -- South Africa.
Women -- Political activity.
South Africa.
Women and democracy -- South Africa.
Women and democracy.
Feminism -- South Africa.
Feminism.
Women -- South Africa -- Societies and clubs.
Women.
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Feminism.
Women's movement.
Other Form: Print version: Hassim, Shireen. Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006 0299213803 (DLC) 2005011887 (OCoLC)60188020
ISBN 0299213838 (electronic book)
9780299213831 (electronic book)
0299213803 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780299213800 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0299213846 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780299213848 (paperback ; alkaline paper)