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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard M Fried |
| ISBN: | 0195070208 9780195070200 |
| OCLC Number: | 38478524 |
| Description: | xiv, 220 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Crossing Boundaries and Acknowledging Support Pt. I. Understanding Contextual Settings. 1. Beginning Reflections on Language, Power, and Ethics. 2. Postwar Development: International Institutions Marginalize Women. 3. Women Engaging Public Affairs: Institutions Matter Pt. II. Analyzing Substantive Policies with a Gender Lens. 4. Education for Life and Capacitation. 5. Women's Work: Central to Economies. 6. Population, Overconsumption, and Reproductive Health. 7. Public Safety, Peace, and Violence against Women Pt. III. Applying Context and Policy Analysis to Action. 8. Bringing Politics Back in: Institutional Contexts for Mainstreaming. 9. Institutional Strategies: Analyzing Political Contexts. 10. Engaging and Changing the Political Mainstream. App. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. |
| Responsibility: | Richard M. Fried. |
Abstract:
In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace.
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