Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa contesting authority /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hassim, Shireen
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.
Series:Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.