Author(s): Evgenii Dainov
In: OpenDemocracy, 2020
Dainov analyzes Borissov's style of government, noting that democracy can be destroyed not only by far right ideologues, but also by non-ideological 'macho males' like Borissov.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/how-dismantle-democracy-case-bulgaria/
Author(s): Fabiana Frayssinet
In: IPS, 2018
A comprehensive article on the various demonstrations and campaigns organised in Latin America with the aim of tackling gender-based violence. It highlights differences with the ‘MeToo’ movement in North America by pointing out how feminist activism in Latin America has always been based on a political and structural analysis of violence, rather than on individual statements by mostly famous women. This analysis also assesses the violence committed against women of different race, age, class and immigration status, and highlights the institutions that in Latin America are at the forefront of this battle.
http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/03/latin-america-doesnt-always-mean-thing/
translated and edited J.H. Williams
Author(s): Fang Lizhi
Alfred Knopf, New York, 1990, pp. 336
Fang Lizhi, a prominent astrophysicist, became an increasingly vocal critic of the regime in the 1980s and was linked to the 1986 student protests.
Editor(s): Jack A Goldstone, Ted Robert Gurr, and Farrokh Moshiri
Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1991, pp. 395
Includes chapters by Moshiri on the evolving theory of revolution since Marx, including Tilly, Skocpcol and Goldstone. It also comprises Goldstone’s analytical framework for understanding revolutions, case studies of a range of violent and unarmed movements (chapters on Iran, Poland, the Philippines and the Palestinian Occupied Territories are referenced under appropriate sections later), and a concluding chapter ‘Comparison and Policy Implications’ by Gurr and Goldstone that incorporates reflections on the role of violence and nonviolence.
Editor(s): Moha Ennaji, Fatima Sadiqi, and Karen Vintges
Africa World Press, Trenton, NJ, 2016, pp. 260
The authors explores the various aspects of Moroccan feminism from a historical, sociological and comparative perspective. They discuss women and politics, women’s NGOs, female identities, women and Sufism, and their role in the 20 February Movement (20 February 2011 – March/April 2012). They also cover women’s role in society in general, from various but inter-related perspectives: secular, Islamic, grassroots, etc.
See also Ennaji, Moha (2020) ‘Women’s activism in North Africa: a historical and socio-political approach’ in Darhour, Hanane and Drude Dahlerup (eds) (2020) Double-Edged Politics on Women’s Rights in the MENA Region. Gender and Politics, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 157-178.
Analyses women’s activism strategies in Tunisia and Morocco directed at transforming gender roles; pursuing better legal rights and women’s progress in the public sphere; opposing violence and discrimination against women, and trying to consolidate democracy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
Author(s): Fatuma Ahmed-Ali
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, Vol 7, No 1, 2017, pp. 51-65
This case study of COVAW is used to provide in-depth analysis of how this women’s organization represents women’s agency in addressing violence against women and girls in Kenyan society. It also illustrates that women do have the capacity and ability to combat violence in their society.
Corporate Author(s): Fawcett Society Briefing
2018
Respected and long established British feminist organisation publishes research on impact of MeToo in UK, covering the 'powerful, disruptive impact' of the movement. It analyses harassment by gender and age, provides data on the public's willingness to challenge harassment, and makes recommendations on how to change the law.
Author(s): Fay G. Cohen
University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1986, pp. 229
Includes protest ‘fish-ins’
Author(s): Fay Gadsden
In: International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol 7, No 4, 1974, pp. 681-687
Editor(s): Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria, and Giogios Kallis
Routledge , London, 2014, pp. 220 (pb)
The book challenges the prevailing focus of public debate on economic growth and argues for democratic political action to reduce consumption and production with the goals of social justice and ecological sustainability. Parts 1 and 2 cover a wide range of theoretical issues, Part 3 looks at 'The Action" exploring different approaches and policies.
Author(s): Felipe Ruiz, and Juan Pablo Vallejo
In: Contexto Internacional, Vol 41, No 2, 2019
This is an article querying the emphasis on gender in the UN Development Programme. Examining how gender was incorporated into Colombia’s Low-Carbon Development Strategy, they suggest that there are various risks in promoting feminist ideas within ‘mainstream institutional frameworks’.
Author(s): Lier Van, and Felix Anselm
In: OpenDemocracy, 2019
The article starts by posing the question how protest over a subway fare increase in a seemingly stable and prosperous country turned rapidly into a constitutional revolution, which in 28 days led to political agreement on a referendum on a new constitution. It then proceeds to suggests answers.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/chiles-constitutional-moment/
Author(s): Felix Kolb
Campus Verlag, Frankfurt Main, 2007, pp. 360
Derives propositions about social movements and political change from detailed analyses of the US Civil Rights Movement compared with movements against nuclear power.
Author(s): Femen, and Galia Ackerman
Polity Press, Cambridge, 2014, pp. 240
Femen was founded in the Ukraine in 2008 by four women to protest against patriarchy embodied in dictatorship, religion and the sex industry. Their well publicised bare-breasted protests have included a dangerous demonstration in Belarus and opposition to President Putin. They have moved to France and this book was first published in French. A film ‘Ukraine is not a Brothel’ claimed that Femen’s protests were orchestrated and the women controlled by a male svengali. This claim is addressed in an addendum to the English version of the book.
Author(s): Feminist Review
In: Feminist Review, Vol 108, No 1, 2014, pp. 1-114
Looks back at pioneering issue 30 years earlier on black feminism (no. 17, 1984) and examines role of black feminists today and the mobilizing impact of cyber feminism.
Author(s): Feminist Review
Feminist Review2004The editorial comments on key changes for women in the transition from Communism: political representation had dropped; more women were overrepresented among the unemployed; socialist reproductive rights were being challenged; women’s domesticity promoted as a virtue; and pornography and marketing of women’s bodies seen as ‘freedom’. Women were also more vulnerable to various sorts of violence, including sexual harassment at work, domestic violence and sex trafficking.
Author(s): Ferenc Vali
Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1961, pp. 590
Detailed scholarly study of Hungary from the Communist takeover to 1956, and with a final section on the period of 1957-61 when the Kadar regime established control.