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The Comparative Study of Women’s Movements

Beckwith, Karen·2013·The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics
DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199751457.013.0016
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This article serves as a comparative study of women’s movements. It begins with a review of the definitions of women’s movements in recent scholarship and then turns to a study of the differences among women in movements, women’s movements, and feminist movements. The next section discusses the various approaches to women’s activism in and support for political movements, along with the question of what it means to study women’s movements in comparative perspective. Finally, the article examines the analytical leverage gained from a comparative analysis of women’s movements in terms of understandings of gender, politics, and intersection.

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Authors
Beckwith, K.
Affiliations
Case Western Reserve University (US)
Corresponding author
Beckwith, Karen
ORCID
Beckwith, Karen
Venue
The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
2013-08-01
Pages
411-436
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199751457.013.0016
OpenAlex
W2623600543
Cited by
28
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4
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FWCI
6.31
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Keywords
women's movement, feminist movements, women's activism, political movements, gender, intersectionality, comparative analysis

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