Temma Kaplan

Crazy for Democracy

Women in Grassroots Movements

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By weaving the personal testimonies of six women activists from the United States and South Africa with newspaper accounts, government reports, feminist theory, and social philosophy, Crazy for Democracy shows that women's movements have been transforming the possibilities for democracy all over the world. In community-based social movements, women are reviving civil society by making claims to a better world for all of us. To save their neighborhoods and resist callous and oppressive governments, women have formed local citizens' organizations, demanding satisfaction of basic human needs for housing, a clean environment, and human rights as part of democracy. By bringing these women to life, Temma Kaplan affirms that activism is alive, well, and growing despite what critics may believe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415916639
• ISBN-10: 0415916631
• Artikelnr.: 21705281

Autorenporträt

Temma Kaplan is Professor of History and Women's Studies at SUNY, Stonybrook. She is an activist, critic, and author of Anarchists of Andalusia, 1868 to 1903 and RedCity, Blue Period: Social Movements in Picasso'sBarcelona.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Women Prophets and the Struggle for Human Rights2.
Suburban Blight and Situation Comedy3. When it Rains, I get Mad and Scared:
Women and Environmental Racisms4. Homemaker Citizens and New Democratic
Organizations5. Generation X, Southern Style6. We Sleep on Our Own Graves:
Women at Crossroads7. Surplus People and Grassroots Women's Leadership in
the New South Africa8. Conclusion: Social Movements and Democratic
Practices