Making Feminist Sense of the Global Justice Movement

Catherine Eschle is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Bice Maiguashca is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter.

Challenging the neglect of feminism in accounts of the global justice movement, this book explores the origins, ideas, and practices of what Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca term "feminist antiglobalization activism." Drawing on fieldwork undertaken at the World Social Forum, the authors argue that feminists constitute a distinct, if diverse, sector of the global justice movement. Taking feminism seriously, the authors conclude, points us toward a richer and more theoretically nuanced understanding of the global justice movement and its struggle to create other possible worlds. Their book thus offers vital insights not only for feminists but also for all those interested in contemporary social movements and in global governance and resistance.

Introduction: Making Feminist Sense of the Global Justice MovementChapter 1: Constructing Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 2: Skeleton Woman at the World Social Forum: Feminist Struggles for Visibility, Voice and Influence, 2001-2005Chapter 3: Feminist Encounters at the World Social Forum 2003-2005: Uncovering Diversity and Situating KnowledgeChapter 4: Mapping Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 5: Uncovering Origins: Past and Present Sources of Agency for Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 6: Naming the Enemy: Feminist Antiglobalization Activists Confront OppressionChapter 7: Imagining Other Worlds: The Utopian Dimension of Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismChapter 8: Collective Action: The Political Practices of Feminist Antiglobalization ActivistsChapter 9: Forging Solidarity: Mobilizing Identities in Feminist Antiglobalization ActivismConclusion: Rethinking the Global Justice Movement