Democratization and Women's Grassroots

The book illustrates how community-based actions, programs, and organizations that allow women to determine their lives and participate in decision making contribute to the creation of a civil society and thus enhance democracy. The case studies show how participation in grassroots movements promotes women's involvement in their organizations, communities, and in societal institutions, as it influences state policy and empowers women in personal relationships.

JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. She is author of many articles and book chapters on women in politics and cross--cultural comparisons of women, as well as several books, including Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment and Women in Electoral Politics: Lessons from Norway.

JOTI SEKHON is Associate Professor of Sociology at Greensboro College, where she is also the coordinator of the International Studies Program. She is author of Modern India, a volume in the Comparative Societies series from McGraw-Hill.

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Asia
Grassroots Social Action and Empowerment in India: The Case of Action India Women's Program	p. 25
Re-Inheriting Women in Decolonizing Hong Kong	p. 49
Democracy at the Margins: NGOs and Women's "Unofficial": Political Participation in Singapore	p. 67
Africa and the Middle East
Exchanging Participation for Promises: Mobilization of Women in Eritrea	p. 95
Democratization through Adult Popular Education: A Reflection on the Resilience of Women from Kwa-Ndebele, South Africa	p. 111
Self-Identity as a Form of Democratization: The Syrian Experience	p. 129
Women's Grassroots Movements and Democratization in Egypt	p. 150
Central America
Women and Grassroots Democracy in El Salvador: The Case of Comunidad Segundo Montes	p. 173
Feminist Organizations and Grassroots Democracy in Honduras	p. 196
Eastern Europe
New Roads to Resistance: Polish Feminists in the Transition to Democracy	p. 217
From the Ground Up: Women's Organizations and Democratization in Russia	p. 241
Western Europe, North America, and Australia
Building Democratic Bridges over Belgian Political Bastions: The Work of the VOK - Women's Consultation Committee	p. 265
Women's Participation in Grassroots Initiatives in Ireland	p. 284
Sexual Assault and the Canadian State: Participatory Democracy Struggles within a Liberal Democracy	p. 305
Empowerment and Disempowerment of Women in Central Appalachia, U.S.A.	p. 328
Women in Agriculture: Action for More Democratic Australian Farm Politics	p. 352
Conclusion	p. 375
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 393
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