Feminist Activists on Brexit: From the Political to the Personal

Half-Title Page
Endorsements
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Feminist Resistance in a Brexit Environment
References
Section I: From the Political to the Personal and Back Again: Reclaiming Belonging
Chapter 1: How Brexit is Changing Women’s Lives
Women as ‘Other’
The Rise of Populism
The Contributors
The Structure and Contents of the Book
Section 1: From the Political to the Personal and Back Again: Reclaiming Belonging
Section 2: Feminising Democracy in Westminster and Devolved Nations
References
Chapter 2: Pivotal Moments in Feminising Democracy: From the Personal to the Political
Introduction
2a. Extracts from the Journal of a Struggling Activist – Sue Cohen
PRE THE REFERENDUM February – June 2016
June–December 2016 EXISTENTIAL CRISIS TAKES HOLD
WHERE TO NOW?
FORGING REFLECTIVE SPACES
MOBILISING ACTIVISM 2018
Opening Up Conversations. No Deal Brexit? – Panic Sets In. Nobody wanted to talk about it. Now everybody/Nobody wants to talk about it
“It was Brexit but it was immigration.”
March April 2019 Turmoil is Normalised
References
2b. Resistance in a Landscape of Othering – Margaret Page
Pivotal Moment 1
A dream of edges: An inquiry begins
Pivotal Moment 2
Holding Out for Remain: Two Demonstrations and Two Vases26 March 2019I emerge from the London underground at Green Park to join
Pivotal Moment 3
Deadlock in Westminster: A Lonely Dinner in Brussels
Pivotal Moment 4
MPs Defy Party Leadership: Hope for Democracy?
Pivotal Moment 5
Brexit Casualties: Death of a Peace Agreement?
Pivotal Moment 6
EU and Local Elections: A Reckoning for Westminster
Pivotal Moment 7
Spaces for Feminist Voices – are these Disappearing Too?
Pivotal Moment 8
A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu: Shared Spaces and Food for Activism
Pivotal Moment 9
Hope Sustained in Times of Chaos
Pivotal Moment 10
Parliament Prorogued and a Trip to the Recycling Centre
Pivotal Moment 11
The Rise of the ‘Girly Swots’: Democracy Saved in Westminster?
Pivotal Moment 12
Another Momentous Day: Elusive Hopes
Pivotal Moment 13
Cat and Mouse in Parliament
Pivotal Moment 14
Defeat: A General Election: Back to the Drawing Board
Afterword
References
Chapter 3: From the Political to the Personal in an Age of Uncertainty: Assault on Self, Identity, Family, Community and Nationhood
Introduction
‘A Stranger in My Own Country’: Becoming ‘the Other’
Uncertainty
Brexit Increased the Hostile Enviroment and Hate Crimes
Creating Radical Grassroot Bridges of Resistance Across Communities and Countries
Conclusion: From the Political to the Personal
References
Chapter 4: Post-Brexit Haiku: Countering Prejudice with Sticks-in the-Spokes and Danish Pastries
References
Section II: Feminising Democracy in Westminster and Devolved Nations
Chapter 5: Inspiring Change: Women Organising Across the Devolved Nations
Introduction
Lynn Carvill: Women’s Budget Group Northern Ireland
References
Emma Ritch: Engender Scotland
References
Natasha Davies and Dr Hade Turkmen: Chwarae Teg, Wales
Women’s Rights and Protections
EU Funding
Uncertainty about Future Funding
Growing Constitutional Questions
Responding to these Challenges
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Feminist Mobilising Against Brexit in Westminster
Introduction
November 2019
Method, Theoretical Framework and Aims
Women, Feminisms and Brexit
1. Why resist Brexit?
2. Experiences of Resistance
3. Affective Realities and Alternative Futures
4. What has Brexit Revealed about British Feminism
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Risky Futures: Women in the British Labour Market
Introduction
The Rise of Women’s Employment: Gender Pay Gaps, and Horizontal and Vertical Segregation
Policy to Address Gender Inequality in the Labour Market
Brexit as a Risk Intensifier
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Towards Feminist Democracy: Populist Forces and Feminist Activism
Introduction
Feminising Democracy and the Interaction of Democracy, Politics and Law
The Rise of Populism; How Populist Leaders are Highjacking Women’s Equality and Feminist Challenge
Populism and the Roll Back of Women’s Rights
Feminist Fightback
Doing Feminist Democracy Now: Feminist Leadership
Channels of Transnational Influence Post-Brexit
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Everything has Changed and Nothing has Changed: Glimpses of Utopian and Dystopian Futures
Subverting Populism – Heterogeneous Women’s Movements
Spaces of Power
Redefining the Economy: Towards Well-being and Care
Glimpses of the World We are Striving to Create: Utopian and Dystopian Futures
References
Index