1 Introduction
2 Contesting feminism
3 What does feminism do?
4 New forms of feminist organisation
5 Gender mainstreaming
6 Changes in the context for feminism
7 Feminist intersections
8 Alternative futures
References
Sylvia Walby is Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research at Lancaster University
"Walbys book will undoubtedly become a seminal text in contemporary
feminist scholarship. Her defiant tone is refreshing and recalls
the rhetoric of many founding texts of the second wave."
The Year's Work in Cultural and Critical Theory
"A good handbook for feminists, especially those wanting to find
out more about feminism's relationship with the state and
international organisations."
http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/10/the_future_of_feminism"
The F-Word
"A heartening and timely book, a proof against demoralisation, a
warning against internecine splits."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/24/feminism-21st-century-zoe-williams?INTCMP=SRCH"
Guardian Review
"The clearest analysis of how this tradition of feminism finds
synergy with the international agenda of human rights."
http://www.genderanddevelopment.org/future-feminism-review.asp"
Gender & Development
"This is an optimistic book about the future of feminism, even
while keeping in mind today's realities."
http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/777/"
The Global Journal
"Once again, Walby puts her finger on the critical issues facing
feminists. This balanced and thoughtful assessment of the changes
feminism has wrought and the challenges it faces is unlikely to
please everyone, but it will surely move debates in a more fruitful
direction than the debates over whether feminism is dead or a
sell-out to neoliberalism. Her broad and bracing overview of the
tensions inherent in the multiple alternative feminist projects
going on today should be required reading in all gender and women's
studies departments."
Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"In this extraordinarily erudite analysis, Walby outlines the
interconnections between political regimes, political philosophies
and strategies for gender equality across the world, and women's
possibilities for achieving rights in public and private spheres.
The insights and knowledge she displays of the contexts in which
change can best occur are prescriptions for action. This is a book
for both scholars and activists."
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Graduate Center, CUNY and past president of
the American Sociological Association
"Feminism is not dead and feminism matters for all our futures:
this is the central message of Sylvia Walby's carefully researched
book. She amply demonstrates the continued vitality and viability
of feminist projects in a variety of forms and contexts, assesses
the challenges feminism faces and argues strongly for its continued
relevance to conemporary global politics."
Stevi Jackson, University of York
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