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Globalisation, Transnational Feminism and Educational Justice

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Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Education

Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ((GCEP,volume 6))

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This chapter considers how globalisation has produced new discourses, created new sites of political action and requires a rethinking about feminist claims upon the state for gender equity in education. Globalisation is generally associated with both universalising and particularist tendencies at the local level. The discussion draws from feminist and post-colonial theories analysing the transformation of the social relations of gender, in particular in terms of new familial patterns and arrangements, and the changed relations of the state to the individual in the context of a risk society and state, with particular regard to education. It utilises studies of gender equity policy in different Anglo nation states (UK, USA, Australia, NZ) with some reference to economically ‘developing’ nation states to consider how the move to a post-welfare state in most anglophone states has made new demands upon feminist political strategies, and in turn how post-colonial discourses and movements are requiring self-reflection as national and cultural, as well as gender identities are under reformation. The chapter concludes with consideration of new spaces for feminist activity in education based on discourses of human rights and capabilities as a basis for improving the equity for girls and women in education.

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    This paper is a longer and revised version of a chapter in W. Hesford and W. Kozol(eds) (2005) Just Advoacy? Women’s Human Rights, transnational feminism and the politics of representation. Rutgers University Press.

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Blackmore, J. (2009). Globalisation, Transnational Feminism and Educational Justice. In: Zajda, J., Freeman, K. (eds) Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Education. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9739-3_1

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