Introduction

The public face of the women’s movement across developed democracies has changed profoundly over the past 40 years. The types and levels of activism found today bear only a minor resemblance to the consciousness raising and direct action of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This book explores the trajectories of ‘second-wave’ women’s movements in a range of democracies to understand what has happened to these movements since they were making headlines.