Women and Social Protest

"A review of women's involvement in different forms of political action-an anthology of writings by feminist social scientists that combats the stereotype of the apolitical woman. It explores women's roles in economic, racial, ecological and feminist protest."--Chartist "An intelligent selection of research articles that carefully reflect the diversity among women globally and the range of issues that bring them into politics."--Gender & Society "The articles are uniformly well-written and well referenced, and provide good starting points for more in-depth study of a diverse range of feminist political issues....Should be a part of any university library and would be useful as a text for courses in political sociology, women's studies, and social movements."--Contemporary Sociology "An interesting collection....Should provide a springboard for lively classroom discussion."--Robert W. Langran, Villanova University "The overall quality of the contributions is good enough to make this a good reading list item for comparative courses on gender and politics and social movements."--Political Studies "A valuable women centered definition of political activity and political change, one that has heretofore been almost absent in the literature. It presents well researched, stimulating, and valuable illustrations of the complex, dynamic interrelationships that exist between gender relations and political activities in different contexts."-- Women and Politics