Feminist Organizations

by Ferree, Myra Marx; Martin, Patricia Yancey

• ISBN13: 9781566392280
• ISBN10: 1566392284
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
I. INTRODUCTION
Doing the Work of the Movement: Feminist Organizations	3	(24)
Myra Marx Ferree
Patricia Yancey Martin
II. THE POLITICS OF ENGAGEMENT: CHALLENGING THE MAINSTREAM
What Is the Feminist Movement?	27	(8)
Jane Mansbridge
Discursive Politics and Feminist Activism in the Catholic Church	35	(18)
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
``Like a Tarantula on a Banana Boat'': Ms. Magazine, 1972-1989	53	(16)
Amy Farrell
The Australian Femocratic Experiment: A Feminist Case for Bureaucracy	69	(15)
Hester Eisenstein
Moving onto the Terrain of the State: The Battered Women's Movement and the Politics of Engagement	84	(21)
Claire Reinelt
Outsider Issues and Insider Tactics: Strategic Tensions in the Women's Policy Network during the 1980s	105	(23)
Roberta Spalter-Roth
Ronnee Schreiber
Feminist Organization Success and the Politics of Engagement	128	(9)
Joyce Gelb
III. INSIDE FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS: STRUGGLE, LEARNING, CHANGE
Feminist Goals and Organizing Processes	137	(8)
Joan Acker
Organizational Learning in the Chicago Women's Liberation Union	145	(20)
Margaret Strobel
Children of Our Culture? Class, Power, and Learning in a Feminist Bank	165	(15)
Allison Tom
Turning It Over: Personnel Change in the Columbus, Ohio, Women's Movement, 1969-1984	180	(19)
Nancy Whittier
Black Women's Collectivist Movement Organizations: Their Struggles during the ``Doldrums''	199	(24)
Bernice McNair Barnett
IV. EMOTIONS: A HIDDEN DIMENSION OF ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE
Watching for Vibes: Bringing Emotions into the Study of Feminist Organizations	223	(11)
Verta Taylor
``It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times'': Emotional Discourse in the Work Cultures of Feminist Health Clinics	234	(14)
Sandra Morgen
Feminism on the Job: Confronting Opposition in Abortion Work	248	(15)
Wendy Simonds
V. SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGIES: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
The Organizational Basis of Conflict in Contemporary Feminism	263	(13)
Carol Mueller
Dilemmas of Feminist Coalitions: Collective Identity and Strategic Effectiveness in the Battered Women's Movement	276	(15)
Gretchen Arnold
Feminist Clashes with the State: Tactical Choices by State-Funded Rape Crisis Centers	291	(15)
Nancy Matthews
Feminist Social Movement Organizations Survive the New Right	306	(17)
Cheryl Hyde
Confrontation and Co-optation in Antifeminist Organizations	323	(16)
Susan Marshall
VI. EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE POLITICAL: AN INCLUSIVE VISION OF SUCCESS
Can Feminist Organizations Be Effective?	339	(17)
Suzanne Staggenborg
Doing It for the Kids: Mexican American Community Activists, Border Feminists?	356	(16)
Mary Pardo
Women's Conceptions of the Political: Three Canadian Women's Organizations	372	(25)
Linda Christiansen-Ruffman
VII. AFTERWORD
From Seed to Harvest: Transformations of Feminist Organizations and Scholarship	397	(14)
Jo Freeman
Bibliography	411	(38)
About the Contributors	449	(4)
Index	453