Crazy for Democracy Women in Grassroots Movements

Name: Crazy for Democracy Women in Grassroots Movements
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ISBN: 9780415916639

ISBN-10: 0415916631

ISBN-13: 9780415916639

Edition: 1997

Authors: Temma Kaplan

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At a time when we're depressed about democracy, pessimistic about race relations, and anxious about feminism,Crazy for Democracyvividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives. In building real social movements to achieve a safe environment, win human rights, and safeguard their homes, these grassroots feminist leaders have been creating democratic institutions to achieve social justice for us all. Through a narrative mosaic of personal accounts, newspaper articles, pamphlets, feminist theory, and critiques of social and legal philosophy, Temma Kaplan illustrates why certain poor and…

Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/27/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Introduction: Women Prophets and the Struggle for Human Rights



Suburban Blight and Situation Comedy



"When it Rains, I get Mad and Scared": Women and Environmental Racisms



Homemaker Citizens and New Democratic Organizations



Generation X, Southern Style



"We Sleep on Our Own Graves": Women at Crossroads



Surplus People and Grassroots Women's Leadership in the New South Africa



Conclusion: Social Movements and Democratic Practices