Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-175) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Marian Sawer and Sandra Grey -- The state of women's movement's in Britain : ambiguity, complexity and challenges from the periphery / Fiona Mackay -- Autonomy and engagement : women's movements in Australia and South Korea / Sarah Maddison and Kyungja Jung -- Institutional, incremental and enduring : women's health action in Canada and Australia / Gwen Gray -- Out of sight, out of mind : the New Zealand women's movement / Sandra Grey -- The politics of backlash in the United States and Japan / Joyce Gelb -- Gender specialists and global governance : new forms of women's movement mobilisation? / Jacqui True -- Campaigns for candidate gender quotas : a new global women's movement? / Mona Lena Krook -- Women in cities : new spaces for the women's movement? / Caroline Andrew -- Cyberfeminism in action : claiming women's space in cyberspace / CJ Rowe -- In strong hands : young women and the future of women's movements / Sarah Maddison.
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