Civil Society and Gender Relations in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes : New Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Case Studies
Is civil society's influence favorable to the evolvement of democratic structures and democratic gender relations? While traditional approaches would answer in the affirmative, the authors highlight the ambivalences. Focusing on women's organizations in authoritarian and hybrid regimes, th...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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Leverkusen-Opladen
Verlag Barbara Budrich
2018
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| Summary: | Is civil society's influence favorable to the evolvement of democratic structures and democratic gender relations? While traditional approaches would answer in the affirmative, the authors highlight the ambivalences. Focusing on women's organizations in authoritarian and hybrid regimes, they cover the full spectrum of civil society's possible performance: from its important role in the overcoming of power relations to its reinforcement as backers of government structures or the distribution of antifeminist ideas. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (269 p.) |
| ISBN: | 384740729 9783847408741 9783847407294 |
| Access: | Open Access |