Name: Global Contestations of Gender Rights
Brand: BiUP
SKU: 9783837660692
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Global Contestations of Gender Rights

Edited by: Alexandra Scheele, Edited by: Julia Roth, Edited by: Heidemarie Winkel

Published by BiUP

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Published: 28-Feb-2022
ISBN: 9783837660692

Paperback
354 Pages

Subjects:
Gender studies
gender groups
Law & society
Gay & Lesbian studies
Social & cultural history
Political structure & processes
Cultural studies
Politics & government
Social mobility
Human rights
Constitution: government & the state
Sociology
Ethics & moral philosophy
Social & political philosophy
Ethnic studies
National liberation & independence
post-colonialism
Political structures: democracy
EU & European institutions
Fascism & Nazism
Political activism
Religion: general
Religious fundamentalism
Religious groups: social & cultural aspects
Political ideologies
Demonstrations & protest movements

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Across the globe, a growing number of social movements, such as demonstrations in support of equal civil status or reproductive freedom and against sexualized violence, show that women's and gender rights are highly contested. Against the backdrop of a long history of unequal rights implementation, the contributors to this volume deal with the questions of why and in which ways gender equality has become contested in various political contexts. Local case studies examine the relevant structural, institutional, and socio-cultural causes of the global challenges to equality. This book follows an interdisciplinary approach and unites scholars from law, linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, and gender studies in diverse contexts.

Julia Roth lehrt Amerikanistik und Interamerican Studies an der Universität Bielefeld. Sie ist Direktorin des Centers for Interamerican Studies (CIAS) und PI im Graduiertenkolleg Experiencing Gender.

Heidemarie Winkel (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Soziologie an der Universität Bielefeld.