ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores women's work in official institutions of state, transnational social movements, nongovernmental organizations, and grassroots mobilizations—public domains that are often imagined as "men's worlds". It examines the micro-physics of power, the politics of representation, and practices of inclusion and exclusion in cyberspace. Engaging the politics of knowledge in virtual reality as well as in the geophysical realm, the book identifies similarities in the biases that permeate politics in sociospatial and geospatial domains. It assesses the prospects for equitable politics by considering a series of continuing challenges that confront political women. The book explores political frames that mask raced-gendered power and economic practices that heighten inequalities. It considers resistance within existing institutions to policies designed to foster equality and the mobilization of forces that aspire to further entrench racial and gender subordination.
