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100 _aBystydzienski Jill M
245 _aDemocratization and womens grassroots movements
260 _aNew Delhi
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505 _aAcknowledgments Introduction/ Jill M. Bystydzienski and Joti Sekhon; PART ONE: Asia; 1. Grassroots Social Action and Empowerment in India: The Case of Action India Women's Program/ Joti Sekhon; 2. Re-Inheriting Women in Decolonizing Hong Kong/ Irene Lik Kay Tong; 3. Democracy at the Margins: NGOs and Women's "Unofficial" Political Participation in Singapore/ Meredith Weiss; PART TWO: Africa and The Middle East; 4. Exchanging Participation for Promises: Mobilization of Women in Eritrea/ Susan Leisure; 5. Democratization Through Adult Popular Education: A Reflection on the Resilience of Women from Kwa-Ndebele, South Africa/ Khanya Rajuili and Ione Burke; 6. Muslim Women's Grassroots Organizations in Syria: Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization/ Nimat Hafez Barazangi; 7. Women's Grassroots Movements and Democratization in Egypt/ Nawal Ammar and Leila S. Lababidy; PART THREE: Central America; 8. Women and Grassroots Democracy in El Salvador: The Case of Comunidad Segundo Montes/ Elizabeth Cagan; 9. Feminist Organizations and Grassroots Democracy in Honduras/ Charles McKelvey; PART FOUR: Eastern Europe; 10. New Roads to Resistance and Participation: Polish Feminists in the Transition to Democracy/ Judy Root Aulette; 11. From the Ground Up: Women's Organizations and Democratization in Russia/ Jane F. Berthusen Gottlick; PART FIVE: Western Europe, North America and Australia; 12. Building Democratic Bridges Over Belgian Political Bastions: The Work of The VOK—Women's Consultation Committee/ Alison E. Woodward and Rita Mulier; 13. Women's Participation in Grassroots Initiatives in Ireland/ Christopher Dale; 14. Sexual Assault and the Canadian State: Participatory Democracy Struggles Within a Liberal Democracy/ Alicja Muszynski; 15. Empowerment and Disempowerment of Women in Central Appalachia, U.S.A./ Nelda K. Pearson; 16. Women in Agriculture: Action for More Democratic Australian Farm Politics/ Ruth Liepins; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors
650 _a1. Women in politics2. Women Social Reformers3. Social Movements3. Democratization
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