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Psychology, Women, and Political Practice in Britain

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This chapter situates feminist psychology in Britain and the psychology of women of the past 25 years within feminist activity in and around psychology. Initially presented in 1995 to commemorate more than a decade of feminists organizing around institutional representation in British psychology, it also highlights then-current discussions about the politics of women’s studies and contemporary forms of feminist activism. As well as documenting various strands of organizational tensions and debates, the chapter highlights some dilemmas in attempting to maintain feminist critiques via the “psychology of women,” as well as posing key questions about which kinds of feminist strategies flourish in this context.

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  1. Department of Psychology and Women’s Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M13 0JA, UK

    Erica Burman

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  1. Dept. Psychology, York University, Keele Street 4700, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Ontario, Canada

    Alexandra Rutherford

  2. Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall,, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

    Rose Capdevila

  3. College of Arts and Commerce, Department of Psychology and Parapsychol, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 530 003, India

    Vindhya Undurti

  4. , African Centre for Migration and Society, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa

    Ingrid Palmary

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Burman, E. (2011). Psychology, Women, and Political Practice in Britain. In: Rutherford, A., Capdevila, R., Undurti, V., Palmary, I. (eds) Handbook of International Feminisms. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9869-9_11

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