Contesting Politics
Subtitle: Women in Ireland, North and South
Contributors: Yvonne Galligan (Editor); Eilis Ward (Editor); Rick Wilford (Editor)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: October 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780813334172
Subjects: Feminism; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Politics / Current Events; Women's Studies - General; Politics/International Relations; Ireland; Politics - Current Events; Europe - Ireland; European History; International Relations; Western Europe; Women's Studies; History; Gender Studies; Political Process - Political Parties; 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.