Scholars of social movements tend to overlook the achievements and political significance of women’s movements. Through theoretical discussions and empirical examples, Solidarities Beyond Borders demonstrates the creativity and dynamism of transnational women’s movements around the world.

These timely case studies from North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia introduce feminists, activists, and scholars to the benefits and challenges of building relationships, dialogues, and perspectives that extend beyond the boundaries of nation-states and disciplines. The contributors open a dialogue between feminist theorists and scholars of social movements in other disciplines in order to foster mutual recognition of common interests and identities. Although feminists and women’s groups face challenges as they build solidarities beyond borders, this book makes the case that these links can be extended to embrace other progressive movements and their goals.

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Case studies from North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia explore the challenges and benefits of building transnational ties among feminists and women’s groups.

Preface / Diane Matte

Introduction / Pascale Dufour, Dominique Masson, and Dominique Caouette

Part 1: Understanding Complex Transnationalization

1 Transnationalizing Feminist and Women’s Movements: Toward a Scalar Approach / Dominique Masson

2 Theorizing Feminist and Social Movement Practice in Space / Elsa Beaulieu

Part 2: Deepening Solidarities among Women and Women’s Issues

3 Framing Transnational Feminism: Examining Migrant Worker Organizing in Singapore / Lenore Lyons

4 The International Women and Health Meetings: Deploying Multiple Identities for Political Sustainability / Sylvia Estrada-Claudio

5 Transnational Activism and the Argentine Women’s Movement: Challenging the Gender Regime? / Débora Lopreite

Part 3: Stretching the Scope of Solidarities

6 Troubling Transnational Feminism(s) at the World Social Forum / Janet Conway

7 Bringing Feminist Perspectives to Transnational Collective Action in Southeast Asia / Dominique Caouette

8 Building Transnational Feminist Solidarity in the Americas: The Experience of the Latin American Network of Women Transforming the Economy / Carmen L. Díaz Alba

Conclusion / Dominique Masson and Pascale Dufour

Index

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Solidarities beyond Borders covers enormously important ground. As feminist movements become increasingly invisible in the North American context, readers everywhere need to know more about the dynamism of women’s movements in much of the world. This is not a “specialist” book, but will be useful to students in a wide range of disciplines, as well as to social activists.
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These timely case studies not only bring to light the opportunities and challenges that globalization poses for transnationalizing women’s movements, they offer important strategic, conceptual, and methodological lessons for all social movements.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774817950
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
540 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
280

Biographical note

Pascale Dufour is an associate professor of political science at the University of Montreal. Dominique Masson is an associate professor at the Institute of Women’s Studies and in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa. Dominique Caouette is an associate professor of political science at the University of Montreal.

Contributors: Elsa Beaulieu, Janet Conway, Carmen Díaz Alba, Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, Débora Lopreite, Lenore Lyons, and Diane Matte