Contesting Politics
Subtitle: Women in Ireland, North and South (Studies in Irish Politics)
Contributors: Yvonne Galligan (Editor); Eilis Ward (Editor); Rick Wilford (Editor)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: October 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780813334165
Subjects: Feminism; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; 20th century; Political Process - Political Parties; Women And Politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Ireland; Europe - Ireland; History & Theory - General; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Women in politics
First sentence: Postmodernism has been summed up by many writers in terms very similar ti those employed (more wittily) by Echo as a profoundly sceptical approach to existing theories of society and culture that can be subversive and liberating in its challenge to old dogmas and traditions.