The Women's Movement Inside and Outside the State

by Lee Ann Banaszak

• ISBN13: 9780521115100
• ISBN10: 0521115108
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Women's Movement Inside and Outside the State argues that the mobilization and success of the U.S. women's movement cannot be fully understood without recognizing the presence of feminist activist networks inside the federal government. Utilizing in-depth interviews and historical sources, Lee Ann Banaszak's research documents the significant contributions that these insider activists made to the creation of feminist organizations and the vital roles that they played in the development and implementation of policies in many areas, including education, foreign policy, and women's health. Banaszak also finds that working inside government did not always co-opt or deradicalize these activists. Banaszak's research causes us to rethink our current understanding of many social movement concepts and processes, including political opportunities, movement institutionalization, and confrontational tactics, and it alters our conception of the interests and character of the American state.

Table of Contents

Blurring the conceptual boundaries between the women's movement and the state

Moving feminist activists inside the state: the context of the second wave

Who are movement insiders?

Mobilizing and organizing the second wave

Choosing tactics inside and outside the state

How insider feminists changed policy

Changing with the times - how presidential administrations affect feminist activists inside the state

What insider feminists tell us about women's movements, social movements and the state

Appendix

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