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This article deals with the empirical example of how social subjects, in this case women, have appropriated the language of rights in order to demand social inclusion. Since there are many different points of view in feminist theory with regard to how to deal with the idea of women's rights, this article is divided into three sections. In the first section, I focus on how some important normative contents about democracy & rights have already been accepted by many different theorists who speak from critical perspectives. In the second section, I deal with how women's struggles have gained consensus about the importance of defending the idea of rights for their own struggles to overcome their exclusion. In the third & last section, I turn back to the theoretical efforts by leading feminists, in order to show how these struggles from women all over the world can be thematized in our global scenario. 35 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications and Thesis Eleven Co-op Ltd, copyright 2004.]

Draws on personal experience as an American migrant to Australia & later as a public policy advisor on women's issues to contemplate citizenship with respect to the unequal treatment of women. At issue is illustrating a transformation in latter-20th-century Australia as a function of feminism's second wave. Thus, attention is given to women's status before & after the liberation movement & the policies that emerged from the movement's efforts. Ultimately, it is asserted that while policies like affirmative action are positive developments, the creation of separate rights is not a useful means of conferring citizenship on previously disadvantaged groups. J. Zendejas

Discusses the need for recognition & theoretical issues in the initial formation of social movements. The experiences of rapture in the radical branch of the women's liberation movement in the second wave & areas of rupture, or divisiveness, due to exclusions based on class & race are explored. Public space theory is deemed applicable to understanding the challenges & forces shaping emerging social movements. L. Collins Leigh

Objective. In this article, we investigate black feminist consciousness, its relationship to race consciousness, and its impact on policy attitudes. Unlike scholars and activists who argue that black feminist consciousness detracts from race consciousness, we argue that the two go hand in hand. Methods. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we examine public opinion survey data from the 1993 National Black Politics Study. Results. We find that both black women and men have fairly high levels of support for black feminist ideals. Also, we provide evidence that black feminist consciousness is positively related to the components of race consciousness and demonstrate the influence of black feminist consciousness on support for abortion rights. Conclusions. Our research is important because it uses a measure of black feminist consciousness true to its theoretical origins. (Original abstract)

A review essay on books by (1) A. Irwin, Sociology and the Environment (Oxford, UK: Polity, 2001) (2) B. Littig, Feminist Perspectives on Environment and Sociology (Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2001); & (3) G. Spaargaren, A. Mol, & F. G. Buttel (Eds), Environment and Global Modernity (London: Sage, 2000). 30 References. Adapted from the source document.

In the current debate about biomedicine policy, political scientists are largely absent as analysts of the controversy & as experts in advisory commissions. However, political science & its various sub-disciplines could make important & specific disciplinary contributions to the debate. This gap can be attributed to a variety of factors, ranging from issue characteristics to methodological & theoretical orientations in political science as well as to political reasons. The major cause is the intersection of three distinct issues & problems all of which are regarded as non-political &, thus, are not sufficiently theorized in political science: the body, ethics, & science & technology. Feminist political science is better equipped to analyze biomedicine policy because of its experience with the analysis of body politics & the integration of normative concerns. 42 References. Adapted from the source document.

Feminist analyses of the state and public policy imply that the state should be treated as a site for the generation of social practices that can either reproduce or transform existing gender, racial-ethnic, and class relations. For this reason, discussing the state as an abstract, timeless construct holds little meaning. It is argued that the state is better viewed not simply as a lifeboat for women and other groups who are relatively disempowered in markets, not merely as a bandage for "market failures," but rather as one of three sites, along with markets and families, where economic provisioning occurs.

In the current debate about biomedicine policy, political scientists are largely absent as analysts of the controversy & as experts in advisory commissions. However, political science & its various sub-disciplines could make important & specific disciplinary contributions to the debate. This gap can be attributed to a variety of factors, ranging from issue characteristics to methodological & theoretical orientations in political science as well as to political reasons. The major cause is the intersection of three distinct issues & problems all of which are regarded as non-political &, thus, are not sufficiently theorized in political science: the body, ethics, & science & technology. Feminist political science is better equipped to analyze biomedicine policy because of its experience with the analysis of body politics & the integration of normative concerns. 42 References. Adapted from the source document.