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State of Struggle
Lois Harder
其他書名
Feminism and Politics in Alberta
出版University of Alberta, 2003-07-04
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Civil RightsPolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / Women in PoliticsPolitical Science / World / CanadianSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Women's Studies
ISBN08886440199780888644015
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rSLI9JXWSt4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋State of Struggle offers a unique perspective on Alberta’s recent political history. Viewed through the lens of feminist and anti-feminist efforts to gain political legitimacy, the book observes the consequences of Alberta’s oil and gas economy and the province’s peripheral location from the locus of Canadian political decision-making on the effectiveness of feminist efforts to both challenge and contribute to provincial governance. The book traces the dynamic interaction between the development of second wave feminist organizing and the shift from Alberta’s peculiar variant of a welfare state to its neoliberal form. Using archival data from feminist organizations and various provincial government departments as well as interviews with activists, policy makers and politicians, the book’s chronologically organized chapters offer a series of rich tales illuminating the transformations within both the feminist movement and the Alberta state from the election of Lougheed’s Conservatives through Ralph Klein’s second term of office. It is a kind of ‘we laughed, we cried’ drama composed of dialogues of the deaf, strategic missteps, organizational cunning and occasional policy change that is sure to leave readers shaking their heads in amusement, disbelief or outrage.