The women's movement in community politics in the U.S. : the role of local commissions on the status of women /
There are more than 80 Commissions on the Status of Women operating at the local community level in the United States. These advisory citizen's groups work under the premise that women must represent themselves in the politics and policy-making of the community. This book examines the performan...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
©1980.
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| Series: | Pergamon policy studies on social issues.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | There are more than 80 Commissions on the Status of Women operating at the local community level in the United States. These advisory citizen's groups work under the premise that women must represent themselves in the politics and policy-making of the community. This book examines the performance of the commissions, focusing primarily on the perspectives of women activists and high-level public officials. An in-depth study of five commissions deemed 'successful' is presented, and the author concludes by analyzing the strategies for change available to the women's movement at the community lev. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483285795 1483285790 0080259715 9780080259710 |