Feminist activists on Brexit : from the political to the personal

Across an ever- changing political landscape, and in the midst of Brexit developments, this edited collection draws our attention to women's participation in transformative democratic processes, and captures how UK women were made 'other' in the political environment created by Brexit...

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Other Authors Cohen, Sue (Editor), Page, Margaret (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Subjects
European Union > Great Britain.
Women > Political activity > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Feminism > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Women's rights > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800434226
DOI10.1108/9781800434202
Physical Description1 online resource (212 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Feminist Resistance in a Brexit Environment / Sue Cohen and Margaret Page Section 1: From the political to the personal and back again: reclaiming belonging.
  • Chapter 1. How Brexit is Changing Women's Lives / Sue Cohen and Margaret Page
  • Chapter 2. Pivotal Moments in Feminizing Democracy: From the person to the political / Sue Cohen and Margaret Page 2.a: Extracts from the Journal of a Struggling Activist / Sue Cohen 2.b: Resistance in a Landscape of Othering / Margaret Page
  • Chapter 3. From the Political to the Personal in An Age of Uncertainty: Assault on self, identity, family, community, and nationhood / Susanna Giullari, Negat Hussein, Moestak Hussein, L., Tove Samzelius, Sue Cohen.
  • Chapter 4. Post-Brexit haiku: Countering prejudice with sticks-in -the-spokes and Danish pastries / Jane Speedy. Section 2: Feminising Democracy in Westminster and Devolved Nations
  • Chapter 5. Inspiring Change: Women Organising Across the Devolved Nations / Natasha Davies and Hade Turkmen (Chwarae Teg Wales). Lyn Carvill, (Women's Budget Group Northern Ireland) / Emma Ritch (Engender Scotland) and Sue Cohen.
  • Chapter 6. Feminists mobilising against Brexit in Westminster / Jenna Norman
  • Chapter 7. Risky Futures: Women in the British labour market / Susan Milner
  • Chapter 8. Towards Feminist Democracy: Populist forces and feminist activism / Diane Bunyan, Jackie Longworth, Su Maddock and Margaret Page.
  • Chapter 9. Everything has Changed and Nothing has Changed: Glimpses of utopian and dystopian futures / Sue Cohen and Margaret Page.

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