Women's activism and globalization : linking local struggles and transnational politics

Abstract

Part One: Introduction 1. Changing the Terms: Community Activism, Globalization, and the Dilemmas of Transnational Feminist Praxis Nancy A. Naples 2. Transnational Solidarity: Women's Agency, Structural Adjustment and Globalization Manisha Desai 3. Women's Local and Translocal Responses: An Introduction to the Chapters Nancy A. Naples and Manisha Desai Part Two: Organizing Across Borders 4. Women to Women: Dissident Citizen Diplomacy in Nicaragua Clare Weber 5. From Mother's Rights to Equal Rights: Post-Soviet Grassroots Women's Associations Alexandra Hrycak 6. Las Mujeres Invisibles/The Invisible Women Sharon Ann Navarro 7. Contesting Multiple Margins: Asian Indian Community Activism in the Early and Late 20th Century Bandana Purkayashta Part Three: Localizing Global Politics 8. Creating Alternatives from a Gender Perspective: Transnational Organizing for Maquila Worker's Rights in Central America Jennifer Bickham Mendez 9. Context, Strategy, Ground: Rural Women Organizing to Confront Local/Global Economic Issues Betty Wells 10. Linking Local Efforts with Global Struggle: Trinidad's National Union of Domestic Employees Marina Karides 11. Women Activists in Mali: The Global Discourse on Human Rights Susanna D. Wing Part Four: Activism In and Against the Transnational State 12. The Limits of Micro-Credit: Transnational Feminism and US AID Activities in the United States and Morocco Winnifred Poster and Zakia Salime 13. No Discrimination Whatsoever: Women's Transnational Activism and the Evolution of EU Sex Equality Policy Rachel A. Cichowski 14. Redefining Security: Okinawa Women's Resistance to US Militarism Yoko Fukumura and Martha Matsuoka Conclusion 15. Transnational Feminist Praxis: The Politics of Location Nancy A. Naples