Engendering global democracy
Eschle, Catherine (2002) Engendering global democracy. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 4 (3). pp. 315-341. (https://doi.org/10.1080/1461674022000031508)
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Abstract
The inadequacies of hegemonic liberal democratic ideas and institutions have been exposed by feminist theorists focusing on the marginalisation of women and by global theorists examining the impact of globalisation. These theorists have developed two distinct sets of reconstructive strategies that, until very recently, have remained in ignorance of each other. Further, both feminist and global democratic schemes have been dogged by problems in terms of their theorisation of power, politics, agency and change. Recent feminist arguments about citizenship and governance go some way to bringing together concerns about gender inequality and globalisation, but they remain centred on states and the states-system as vehicles for democratic representation and participation. This article argues that a more radical reconstructive strategy can be derived from debates about the democratisation of feminism itself. Drawing on the responses of black and third world feminists to racism in the white-dominated feminist movement, and examining their influence on efforts to organise transnationally, the article points to innovative ways of thinking about power, politics, agency and change. Together these amount to a democratic framework which has applicability beyond feminist organising and which confronts the marginalisations of both gender and globalisation.
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Eschle, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-9176;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 1454 Dates: DateEvent2002PublishedNotes: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Feminist Journal of Politics on 2002, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1461674022000031508. Subjects: Political Science > Political science (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 22 Aug 2006 Last modified: 23 Sep 2024 00:32 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/1454