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"Political Worlds of Women" provides a comprehensive overview of women's political activism, comparing formal and informal channels of power from official institutions of state to grassroots mobilizations and Internet campaigns. Illuminating the politics of identity enmeshed in local, national, and global gender orders, this book explores women's creation of new political spaces and innovative political strategies to secure full citizenship and equal access to political power. Incorporating case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, Mary Hawkesworth analyzes critical issues such as immigration and citizenship, the politics of representation, sexual regulation, and gender mainstreaming in order to examine how women mobilize in this era of globalization. "Political Worlds of Women" deepens understandings of national and global citizenship and presents the formidable challenges facing racial and gender justice in the contemporary world. It is an essential resource for students and scholars of women's studies and gender politics."--Provided by publisher

The following Critical Exchange originated as a roundtable exchange at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association in 2012. We invited three scholars to comment on Mary Hawkesworth's important new book from the vantage points of both feminist theory and scholarship/activism. Their commentaries are followed by a response from Hawkesworth. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Images -- Political Worlds of Women: Introduction -- Strategies of Political Analysis -- Comparative Assessment -- Multilevel Analysis -- Feminist Theorizing in Context -- Tracing Historical Change -- Expanding Political Frames -- From Individual and Institutional Analysis to Structures of Oppression -- Chapter Overview -- I. Political Leadership, Gendered Institutions, and the Politics of Exclusion -- Women in Executive Offices -- Women in National Legislatures -- Explaining Women's Continuing Absence -- Gendered Institutions and the Politics of Exclusion: Historical Precedents -- Body Politics in the American and French Revolutions -- The Consolidation of Separate Spheres -- Political Parties and the Politics of Exclusion: Contemporary Practices -- Conclusion -- II. From Demography to Development: Women's Worlds and the Politics of Knowledge -- Global Gender Demographics -- Life Expectancy -- Gender Ratios -- Marriage and Divorce -- Pregnancy and Childbearing -- Women's Labor -- Migration -- War and Displacement -- Development -- Modernization Theory as Policy Practice -- Gender and Gendering in Development Policies -- Women and Development: Reproduction and "Welfare" -- Women in Development: The Virtues of Waged Labor in the Formal Sector -- Gender and Development -- Sustainable Development -- Conclusion -- III. Producing Raced-Gendered Citizens -- Liberty, Equality, and Citizenship: Classical Liberal Presumptions -- The Political Demarcation of Public and Private Spheres -- Producing Raced-Gendered Citizens -- Birthright and Its Suspension -- Miscegenation Laws: Crafting the Complexion of Citizens -- Immigration -- The Discursive Production of Raced-Gendered Citizens -- Welfare Policy -- Biopower -- Conclusion

In a time when the world is facing significant challenges, leaders who work for justice and equity for all people are necessary. Transformative Leadership in Action: Allyship, Advocacy, and Activism challenges the reader to do the essential self-work required of a 21st century leader, and provides the road map to developing the skills necessary to take on increasing public leadership roles to support causes related to justice and equity. Shining a light on unexplored, yet crucial, components of the discussion around the apex of leadership and social justice, Bruce and McKee first investigate the tie between social justice work and leadership competencies grounded in theory. Second, they put forward a pedagogical guide in teaching at this apexengaging both the instructor and student(s) in unique learning journeys. Offering insight for educators, current leaders, and future leaders, this book is a crucial resource - providing go-to support for engaging in allyship, advocacy, and activism for justice and equity. If you want your learners to be leaders and not just think about leadership, this is the book you need.

This paper asks whether new insights can be gained by differentiating between advocacy and activism when examining the work of civil society organisations in relation to gender equality. The scholarly community and practitioners in the field of development have shown increasing interest in the political activities of non-governmental organisations and civil society more broadly. Until fairly recently, these groups have been characterised as innovative and autonomous agents of reform. While this view has tended to provide a relatively homogenised view of civil society, it has also ignored the extent to which individual organisations within the 'third sector' negotiate space within a broader political culture that can at the one time place both opportunities and constraints in their path. This paper is part of a new wave of more critical literature which aims to provide a detailed portrait of this terrain's complexity. Focusing upon the ways in which women's organisations in Fiji approach issues of gender equality, I contrast strategies employed in the 1960s and 1970s with those adopted in more recent times and consider the extent to which the prevailing political culture has afforded these groups the space to exercise a critical political voice.