Description
How does gender influence social movements? How do social movements deal with gender?
In Gender and Social Movements, Jo Reger takes a comprehensive look at the ways in which people organize around gender issues and how gender shapes social movements. Here gender is more than an individual quality, it is a part of the very foundation of social movements, shaping how they recruit, mobilize and articulate their strategies, tactics and identities. Moving past the gender binary, Reger explores how movements can shift understandings of gender and how backlash and countermovements can often follow gendered movement successes. Adopting both an intersectional and global lens, the book introduces readers to the idea that gender as a form of societal power is integral in all efforts for social change.
With a critical overview across different types of movements and gender activism, such as the women's liberation, #Metoo and transgender rights movements, this book offers a solid foundation for those seeking to understand how gender and social movements interact.
Author: Jo Reger
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 10/25/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.75w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781509541331
ISBN10: 1509541330
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
About the Author
Jo Reger is Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Oakland University.