ABSTRACT
The essays in Transitions, Environments, Translations explore the varied meanings of feminism in different political, cultural, and historical contexts. They respond to the claim that feminism is Western in origin and universalist in theory, and to the assumption that feminist goals are self-evident and the same in all contexts.
Rather than assume that there is a blueprint by which to measure the strength or success of feminism in different parts of the world, these essays consider feminism to be a site of local, national and international conflict. They ask: What is at stake in various political efforts by women in different parts of the world? What meanings have women given to their efforts? What has been their relationship to feminism--as a concept and as an international movement? What happens when feminist ideas are translated from one language, one political context, to another?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section 1|178 pages
Women and the State
part 1a|54 pages
After State Socialism
part 1b|35 pages
Nationalist Discourse in the Former Yugoslavia
part 1c|86 pages
Women's Movements in Eastern and Central Europe
chapter 9|20 pages
The NGOization of Feminism
section 2|107 pages
Economics and Environments
part 2a|63 pages
The Politics of Development
chapter 16|37 pages
Gender Perspectives on Environmental Action
part 2b|41 pages
The Politics of Environmentalism
part 3|46 pages
Race and Difference
part 4|67 pages
Women's Studies/Gender Studies