Marginalization - Dufour
... the context of an alter-globalization movement translates for activists into a deepening of their shared understanding of injustice at specific moments (mass demonstrations and social fora). As Agrikoliansky, Fillieule and Meyer underlined (2005: 40), “protest events are privileged moments when inju ...
... the context of an alter-globalization movement translates for activists into a deepening of their shared understanding of injustice at specific moments (mass demonstrations and social fora). As Agrikoliansky, Fillieule and Meyer underlined (2005: 40), “protest events are privileged moments when inju ...
Critical Inquiry: A Research Method
... Critical inquiry posits that the theories of being and of knowledge that we hold as social scientists, and in our case as educators, are based on issues of power, and its distribution. If we live in a postmodern, post-positivist age of inquiry, then how can we best discover the truths that are aroun ...
... Critical inquiry posits that the theories of being and of knowledge that we hold as social scientists, and in our case as educators, are based on issues of power, and its distribution. If we live in a postmodern, post-positivist age of inquiry, then how can we best discover the truths that are aroun ...
The BIG Thinkers
... non-binary thinking, and a critical evaluation of the social norms, language, and attitudes which are detrimental to those who are seen as ‘other’ by the male dominated world. ...
... non-binary thinking, and a critical evaluation of the social norms, language, and attitudes which are detrimental to those who are seen as ‘other’ by the male dominated world. ...
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
... ethnography and was considered valuable in itself, not simply as a means to elicit information from informants. Feminists also seized on the political potential of ethnography. They hoped that their research could expose women's oppression and highlight the need for political changes in particular a ...
... ethnography and was considered valuable in itself, not simply as a means to elicit information from informants. Feminists also seized on the political potential of ethnography. They hoped that their research could expose women's oppression and highlight the need for political changes in particular a ...
Constructing Transnational Studies
... capacity to grasp transnational forms and processes.11 Research on twentieth century business development almost always uses comparative approaches that take the nation-state for granted instead of conceptualizing firms and markets as parts of cross border networks of investment, production, distrib ...
... capacity to grasp transnational forms and processes.11 Research on twentieth century business development almost always uses comparative approaches that take the nation-state for granted instead of conceptualizing firms and markets as parts of cross border networks of investment, production, distrib ...
SS10U1L2.willoughby[1]
... consumer demand; for example, Costa Rica is supposed to have lost 60% of its original forested areas in order to comply with the demand for bananas f) Homogenization – as the globe becomes more and more interconnected and interdependent, differences among cultures and peoples are erased, thus they b ...
... consumer demand; for example, Costa Rica is supposed to have lost 60% of its original forested areas in order to comply with the demand for bananas f) Homogenization – as the globe becomes more and more interconnected and interdependent, differences among cultures and peoples are erased, thus they b ...
- Philsci
... responsible only when they realize this and self-consciously speak from their limited, structured locations. According to this position, the most socially irresponsible thing to do is to continue to fetishize objectivity as a view from nowhere, to continue to homogenize interests and discourses, and ...
... responsible only when they realize this and self-consciously speak from their limited, structured locations. According to this position, the most socially irresponsible thing to do is to continue to fetishize objectivity as a view from nowhere, to continue to homogenize interests and discourses, and ...
SÉRIE ANTROPOLOGIA 375 POST-IMPERIALISM. A - DAN
... America. It coincided with a period of nation-building both in Europe and in the Americas. But the nineteenth century was also the century of classic modern imperialism that transformed many Asian and African countries into colonies that covered almost the whole world.3 Two apparently paradoxical mo ...
... America. It coincided with a period of nation-building both in Europe and in the Americas. But the nineteenth century was also the century of classic modern imperialism that transformed many Asian and African countries into colonies that covered almost the whole world.3 Two apparently paradoxical mo ...
1 Foreword to Gender, Politics and Institutions: Toward a Feminist
... Institutions are the rules that structure political and social life. They are configurations of ideas and interests which are expressed as the ‘formal rules, compliance procedures and standard operating practices that structure relationships between individuals in various units of the polity and the ...
... Institutions are the rules that structure political and social life. They are configurations of ideas and interests which are expressed as the ‘formal rules, compliance procedures and standard operating practices that structure relationships between individuals in various units of the polity and the ...
international communication - Cognella Academic Publishing
... of developing countries’. It is no accident that the word ‘modernization’ made its debut in the early fifties, in a book entitled The Modernization of Developing Countries. The empirical political and social sciences, seeing themselves as policy doctors or engineers, then worked out ‘social indicator ...
... of developing countries’. It is no accident that the word ‘modernization’ made its debut in the early fifties, in a book entitled The Modernization of Developing Countries. The empirical political and social sciences, seeing themselves as policy doctors or engineers, then worked out ‘social indicator ...
this PDF file - Al
... among women and refute the strategies adopted by the mainstream women’s movement. The collective’s objectives are intimately intertwined within the declaration of their value system, wherein: - Sexism, which is a devastating result of the feudal/patriarchal culture that we live in, is a major social ...
... among women and refute the strategies adopted by the mainstream women’s movement. The collective’s objectives are intimately intertwined within the declaration of their value system, wherein: - Sexism, which is a devastating result of the feudal/patriarchal culture that we live in, is a major social ...
Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History
... harbor injustice. Rejecting the primacy of class, socialist-feminists, black-feminists, and anti-imperialist feminists also opposed radical-feminist efforts to install gender in that same position of categorial privilege. Focusing not only on gender, but also on class, race, sexuality, and nationali ...
... harbor injustice. Rejecting the primacy of class, socialist-feminists, black-feminists, and anti-imperialist feminists also opposed radical-feminist efforts to install gender in that same position of categorial privilege. Focusing not only on gender, but also on class, race, sexuality, and nationali ...
Transnational Processes and Social Activism: An Introduction
... transnational trends is in studies focusing on movement organizations that become active supranationally. Within this approach, scholars of international relations have analyzed informational and lobbying campaigns in which national and international NGOs attempt to stimulate international alliances ...
... transnational trends is in studies focusing on movement organizations that become active supranationally. Within this approach, scholars of international relations have analyzed informational and lobbying campaigns in which national and international NGOs attempt to stimulate international alliances ...
A critique of feminism - Sci-Hub
... Feminists are on a daily basis transforming the way women are viewed in the world. Today, thanks to the effort of the feminists, women are no longer seen as good only for the kitchen and the bed. They have been liberated from the shackles that held them bound to the homes. We see them now everywhere ...
... Feminists are on a daily basis transforming the way women are viewed in the world. Today, thanks to the effort of the feminists, women are no longer seen as good only for the kitchen and the bed. They have been liberated from the shackles that held them bound to the homes. We see them now everywhere ...
UNSCR 1325 - Women, Peace and Security
... calls this ‘claimed spaces’: “We understand claimed spaces to be those created by social movements, civil society and other actors in the informal sector. They are public arenas, where claims can be made and issues raised that otherwise are not put on the political agenda” (Selimovic et al, 2012: 10 ...
... calls this ‘claimed spaces’: “We understand claimed spaces to be those created by social movements, civil society and other actors in the informal sector. They are public arenas, where claims can be made and issues raised that otherwise are not put on the political agenda” (Selimovic et al, 2012: 10 ...
Instigating social change: Translating feminism in the Arab world
... the canon. As a social and political movement it has a clearly delineated trajectory, with the emergence of manifestos that demanded equal rights for women, by women, around the tail end of the 18th century in Europe. The Indian experience entailed similar demands for a change in the status of women ...
... the canon. As a social and political movement it has a clearly delineated trajectory, with the emergence of manifestos that demanded equal rights for women, by women, around the tail end of the 18th century in Europe. The Indian experience entailed similar demands for a change in the status of women ...
Introduction to Social Work
... The development of feminism resulted in diverse perspectives. Liberal feminism A perspective that seeks improvements in equality between men and women particularly in the workplace, caring, and family responsibilities; liberal feminism seeks to change gender assumptions by legislation, changing soc ...
... The development of feminism resulted in diverse perspectives. Liberal feminism A perspective that seeks improvements in equality between men and women particularly in the workplace, caring, and family responsibilities; liberal feminism seeks to change gender assumptions by legislation, changing soc ...
methodological nationalism versus methodological transnationalism
... easier to see what is shared by migrants from different ethnic origins. These transnational spaces, particularly in cities, are also shared by those of the dominant ethnic group in the state, albeit in different ways (it is relevant to relate to the asymmetrical power and economic resources here). T ...
... easier to see what is shared by migrants from different ethnic origins. These transnational spaces, particularly in cities, are also shared by those of the dominant ethnic group in the state, albeit in different ways (it is relevant to relate to the asymmetrical power and economic resources here). T ...
Critical Theory - Feminism, "Story of an Hour, "The English Canon"
... power, privileging issues/voices that are seen as “masculine” over those that are “feminine,” and exerting control over women’s bodies and sexualities. • Gender: A socially constructed set of expectations for what is “masculine” and what is “feminine.” (As opposed to “sex,” which is biological.) • E ...
... power, privileging issues/voices that are seen as “masculine” over those that are “feminine,” and exerting control over women’s bodies and sexualities. • Gender: A socially constructed set of expectations for what is “masculine” and what is “feminine.” (As opposed to “sex,” which is biological.) • E ...
Feminism and Gender Issues in America Today
... attempts to revalue the feminine aspects that have been devalued by society. Difference feminists see many gender traits as biological or at least deeply structured cultural ones. They celebrate the differences between women and men, seeing feminine qualities as a source of personal strength and pri ...
... attempts to revalue the feminine aspects that have been devalued by society. Difference feminists see many gender traits as biological or at least deeply structured cultural ones. They celebrate the differences between women and men, seeing feminine qualities as a source of personal strength and pri ...
Dorothy Smith - public.iastate.edu
... Sociology looks at the world “top-down,” focusing on issues because they are relevant for the governing of society, not because they are “significant first in the experience of those who live them.” This is called “objectivity.” Sociological training produces a bifurcation of consciousness—two ways ...
... Sociology looks at the world “top-down,” focusing on issues because they are relevant for the governing of society, not because they are “significant first in the experience of those who live them.” This is called “objectivity.” Sociological training produces a bifurcation of consciousness—two ways ...
emigre feminism: transnational perspectives
... given the multi-classed, multi-culture, multi-racial identities as well as geopolitical locations that construct the exile. It is the transnational attempt noted here which allows feminists to analyze the forces of globalization, economic devastation and capitalist insurgency whose horrendous effect ...
... given the multi-classed, multi-culture, multi-racial identities as well as geopolitical locations that construct the exile. It is the transnational attempt noted here which allows feminists to analyze the forces of globalization, economic devastation and capitalist insurgency whose horrendous effect ...
Women in the Cuban Revolution
... There can be no liberation for a social group constituting half of humankind, as long as exploitation of man by man continues, as long as the means of production are owned by an exploiting minority. A woman cannot have any political, economic or social rights in a capitalist society where she suffer ...
... There can be no liberation for a social group constituting half of humankind, as long as exploitation of man by man continues, as long as the means of production are owned by an exploiting minority. A woman cannot have any political, economic or social rights in a capitalist society where she suffer ...