Three masquerades

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Alami M'Chichi Houria

La volonté du gouvernement marocain, en 1999, dʹintégrer les femmes au développement a suscité de nombreux questionnements entre modernistes et islamistes. Selon H. Alami MʹChichi (professeur de science politique à la faculté de droit de Casablanca), lʹintroduction de lʹanalyse du genre dans le domaine politique permet, dʹune part de mettre à nu des rapports socialement et historiquement construits, responsables de nombreuses inégalités entre les sexes, et, dʹautre part de révéler des divergences entre modernistes et islamistes, mais aussi des confusions partagées sur la place de la femme dans la société marocaine.

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Anne Phillips

In this innovative contribution to the theory of representation - which draws on debates about gender quotas in Europe, minority voting rights in the USA, and the multi-layered politics of inclusion in Canada - Anne Phillips argues that the politics of ideas is an inadequate vehicle for dealing with political exclusion. But eschewing any essentialist grounding to group identity or group interest, she also argues against any either/or choice between ideas and political presence. The politics of presence then combines with contemporary explorations of deliberative democracy to establish a different balance between accountability and autonomy.

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[Mei] Hong Lida zhu

A century ago, Chinese feminists fighting for the emancipation of women helped spark the republican revolution, which overthrew the Qing empire. After the communist revolution of 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky." In the early years of the people's republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations with expansive initiatives such as assigning urban women jobs in the planned economy. Yet those gains are now being eroded in China's post-socialist era. Contrary to many claims made in the mainstream media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of many rights and gains relative to men. This crucial book debunks the popular myth that women have fared well as a result of post-socialist China's economic reforms and breakneck growth. Laying out the structural discrimination against women in China will speak to broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development.

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Yvonne Galligan, Eilís Ward, Rick Wilford

This book gathers the expertise of those researching women and politics in Ireland - both North and South - into a single, comprehensive and accessible textbook on the topic. Contributors are drawn from both academic and activist arenas to bring a multidisciplinary approach to the subject. Contesting Politics examines the central issues of women and the political parties and representation, the relationship between the women's movement and community-based women's groups in Ireland, and women's participation in public bodies and the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. The text will be invaluable in women's studies and Irish studies courses as well as within political science.