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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What happens when feminist critique inverts into governing norms? What kind of feminism becomes law and what becomes of arguments among feminists when it does? How are feminist challenges to male super-ordination transformed and distributed by bureaucratization and NGO-ification? How might we honestly assess feminism that governs? In this deeply intelligent, reflective, and pedagogical work, four feminist legal scholars probe these theoretical and empirical questions. No reader will favor every move, but all will be usefully provoked and instructed."—Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley
"The book delivers a good summary of which feminist theories have prevailed and can be seen as the governing ones. Excellent for collections on feminism and women’s rights."—Choice
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: An Ethic of Responsibility
Janet Halley
Part I. Varieties of Governance Feminism
1. Where in the Legal Order Have Feminists Gained Inclusion?
Janet Halley
2. Which Forms of Feminism Have Gained Inclusion?
Janet Halley
3. Dancing across the Minefield: Feminists Reflect on Generating, Owning, and Critiquing Power
Janet Halley
Part II. From the Transnational to the Local
4. Governance Feminism in the Postcolony: Reforming India’s Rape Laws
Prabha Kotiswaran
5. Anti-trafficking in Israel: Neo-abolitionist Feminists, Markets, Borders, and the State
Hila Shamir
6. When Rights Return: Feminist Advocacy for Women’s Reproductive Rights and against Sex-selective Abortion
Rachel Rebouché
Conclusion. Distribution and Decision: Assessing Governance Feminism
Janet Halley
Acknowledgments
Index
