Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies

Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies develops a feminist perspective on political issues including religious fundamentalism, inter-ethnic conflict and the process of democratization in the post-Cold War era. Included are chapters on inter-ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia, the emergence of a "male democracy" in Chile, women's rights in Israel, the far right and women in France and the experience of immigrants in Britain. Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies is a revealing study of women's involvement with restrictive political ideologies and demonstrates the importance of a feminist politics that enables women to understand and work with each other across the boundaries that divide them.