ABSTRACT
Feminists are constructing a greater understanding of the differences and diversities between women's lives, in different places and at different times. Thus, a complex view of feminist politics arose in which women from different class positions and ethnic backgrounds may unite on specific issues. It is important to insist continually on differences, as women cannot develop common political strategies while they have contradictory interests in class, 'race' and culture. The idea of difference posed new problems for feminism, how to analyse theoretically and recognise politically both power between women and the way in which all women, albeit differently, were implicated in dominant power structures. There are important differences in the economic, political, legal and ideological position of migrant black women when compared to other women. Gender divisions are not the only source of social inequality, for many women 'race' or class may be more important. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
