Working the Spaces of Power
Activism, Neoliberalism and Gendered Labour
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2012
224 pages
978-1-78093-277-4 (ISBN)
Description
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This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and politics have been reframed by women 'working the spaces of power'. It shows how they took activist commitments into their working lives, in the process negotiating the terrain of neoliberal governance. Their work generated new political movements, community initiatives, public policies, organizational logics and forms of 'knowledge work'.
Newman draws on over 50 interviews with women from four generations to interrogate, develop and challenge existing approaches to understanding social and political change. In a postscript she traces ways in which the analysis might 'speak to the present' and offer resources for contemporary politics and practice.
This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and politics have been reframed by women 'working the spaces of power'. It shows how they took activist commitments into their working lives, in the process negotiating the terrain of neoliberal governance. Their work generated new political movements, community initiatives, public policies, organizational logics and forms of 'knowledge work'.
Newman draws on over 50 interviews with women from four generations to interrogate, develop and challenge existing approaches to understanding social and political change. In a postscript she traces ways in which the analysis might 'speak to the present' and offer resources for contemporary politics and practice.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-78093-277-4 (9781780932774)
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Person
Janet Newman is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Social Science at the Open University, UK. Her many publications include Publics, Politics and Power (with J. Clarke, 2009) and Power, Participation and Political Renewal (with M.Barnes and H.Sullivan, 2007).
Content
Introduction
Talking Politics
Perverse Alignments: Women's Activism and the Governmentalisation of Community
Close Encounters: Feminism, Policy and the Remaking of Governance
Modernising Moments: Work, Organisations and the Entrepreneurial Self
Critical Engagements: Knowledge Work as Political Practice
Border Work: Generating Spaces of Power
Conclusion: Activism, Neoliberalism and Gendered Labour
Postscript: Speaking to the Present
Bibliography
Talking Politics
Perverse Alignments: Women's Activism and the Governmentalisation of Community
Close Encounters: Feminism, Policy and the Remaking of Governance
Modernising Moments: Work, Organisations and the Entrepreneurial Self
Critical Engagements: Knowledge Work as Political Practice
Border Work: Generating Spaces of Power
Conclusion: Activism, Neoliberalism and Gendered Labour
Postscript: Speaking to the Present
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