GLOBAL THINKING AND LOCAL ACTION
CONTENTS ONE INTRODUCTION: COMMUNITY, AN UNDERVALUED WOMEN’S SPACE INTRODUCTION COMMUNITIES AS COMPLEX ENTITIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (RE)CONCEPTUALISING COMMUNITIES MAINSTREAM MODELS OF COMMUNITY WORK EMERGING FORMS OF COMMUNITY WORK THE BOOK’S STRUCTURE TWO CREATING AND RECREATING COMMUNITIES AS GENDERED ENTITIES GENDERED SOCIAL RELATIONS FEMINIST CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY WORK GENDERING KEY CONCEPTS IN COMMUNITY WORK CONCLUSION THREE WOMEN AND SOCIAL ACTION: SOCIAL CHANGE AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INTRODUCTION FEMINIST APPROACHES TO WOMEN’S EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING ADVOCACY: A BASIS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ACTION FEMINIST COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL ACTION ON HEALTH ISSUES: WOMEN CHALLENGE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING GROUPS FOUR WOMEN AND SOCIAL ACTION: SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES AND NETWORKS INTRODUCTION CHANGING THE WORLD FOR WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN BY BEGINNING WITH WOMEN CHALLENGING MEDICAL EXPERTISE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMINIST GROUPS, NETWORKS AND CAMPAIGNS COLLECTIVE ORGANISATION IDENTIFYING WHICH PROBLEMS FEMINISTS ADDRESS WOMEN ORGANISING ACROSS DIVERSE BOUNDARIES ORGANISING AIDS, TECHNIQUES AND TIPS FIVE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION: CAMPAIGNS AND MASS MOBILISATIONS INTRODUCTION FEMINIST CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL ACTION CHILDCARE CAMPAIGNS #METOO CAMPAIGN AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE GREENHAM COMMON: WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEMINIST CAMPAIGNS INVOLVING POLITICAL ACTION ON PEACE THE IMPACT OF THE GREENHAM COMMON WOMEN’S PEACE MOVEMENT ON TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION MAKING ALLIES SIX FEMINIST ACTION IN THE WORKPLACE WAGED WORK AND DOMESTIC LABOUR ARE INTERLINKED WOMEN’S LOT: UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK AND LOW-PAID WAGED LABOUR WOMEN’S UNEQUAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE FEMINIST WORKPLACE INITIATIVES CHILDCARE CAMPAIGNS CONNECT DOMESTIC WORK AND WAGED LABOUR ELDERCARE: WORK UNDERTAKEN IN THE HOME RECOGNITION OF CARING WORK: ORGANISING AROUND OLD AGE IS A WORKPLACE ISSUE OLDER WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS IMPACT BOTH THE WORKPLACE AND WIDER SOCIETY WOMEN WORKERS AND WOMEN SERVICE USERS: SHARED INTERESTS ‘WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER’ – WOMEN AGAINST PIT CLOSURES FEMINIST PREFIGURATIVE FORMS CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLES FOR EQUAL PAY SEVEN INCREASING WOMEN’S POSITIONS IN PARLIAMENT, GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURES INTRODUCTION FEMINIST POLITICAL ACTION NATIONALLY IN THE UK FEMINISTS TARGET THE POLITICAL REALM FEMINIST SOCIAL ACTION IN BRITISH PUBLIC RELATIONAL SPACE FEMINISM AND BRITISH MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM CONTENTS AUTONOMOUS FEMINIST POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS: LESSONS FROM ICELAND FEMINIST POLITICAL ACTION OUTSIDE ELECTORAL POLITICS ECOFEMINISM AND REDEFINING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CONCLUSION EIGHT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY, MODERNITY AND GLOBALISATION POVERTY ERADICATION IS CRUCIAL TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES THE FOCUS ON MICRO-LEVEL SUSTAINABILITY IN COMMUNITY WORK THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MAINSTREAM COMMUNITY WORK CONTINUES TO MONETARISE SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE INCOME-GENERATION PROJECTS MICROFINANCE SCHEMES: MICRO-LEVEL SUSTAINABLE INCOME-GENERATION PROJECTS EMPOWERING SOCIAL CAPITAL FACILITATIVE FACTORS IN SUPPORTING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT NINE INTERNATIONAL POLICY CHANGES AND MAINSTREAMING WOMEN’S ACTIONS IN COMMUNITIES INTRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL ATTEMPTS TO CHALLENGE GENDER INEQUALITIES UNWOMEN: A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ALL WOMEN MEETING WOMEN’S WELFARE CONCERNS: THE GENERAL AND SPECIFICS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS COUNTRY-BASED INITIATIVES TEN CONCLUSIONS SUPPORTING WOMEN: CHANGING AND TRANSFORMING POLICIES AND PRACTICES ORGANISING WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY FEMINIST COMMUNITY ACTION AND THE FUTURE FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE: GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOMEN AND COMMUNITY ACTION CONTRIBUTIONS BY FEMINIST COMMUNITY WORK AND SOCIAL ACTION TO MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY CHANGING SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE BIBLIOGRAPHY