Women's Rights and Transatlantic Antislavery in the Era of EmancipationKathryn Kish Sklar, James Brewer Stewart Yale University Press, 01.01.2007 - 385 Seiten Robert Dahl, one of the world's most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. At the centre of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favour of more attainable ends, or if there are ways to realistically address and reduce inequities. Though complete equality is unattainable, Dahl argues that strides toward that ideal are both desirable and feasible. He shows the remarkable shift in recent centuries toward democracy and political equality the world over. He explores the growth of democratic institutions, the expansion of citizenship, and the various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. Dahl also looks at the motives, particularly those of emotion and reason, that play such a crucial role in the struggle for equality. In conclusion, Dahl assesses the contemporary political landscape in the United States. He looks at the likelihood of political inequality increasing, and poses one scenario in which Americans grow more unequal in their influence over their government. The counter scenario foresees a cultural shift in which citizens, rejecting what Dahl calls 'competitive consumerism', invest time and energy in civic action and work to reduce the inequality that now exists among Americans. |
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... Activism Against Slavery by African-American Women 15. Writing for True Womanhood: African-American Women's Writings and the Antislavery Struggle 299 Erica Armstrong Dunbar 16. Enacting Emancipation: African American Women Abolitionists ...
... Activism Against Slavery by African-American Women 15. Writing for True Womanhood: African-American Women's Writings and the Antislavery Struggle 299 Erica Armstrong Dunbar 16. Enacting Emancipation: African American Women Abolitionists ...
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... activism . The chapters fit together in ways that show us how women's rights ideas and movements emerged as integral features of transatlantic political cultures during the debates over slavery and emancipation in the eighteenth and ...
... activism . The chapters fit together in ways that show us how women's rights ideas and movements emerged as integral features of transatlantic political cultures during the debates over slavery and emancipation in the eighteenth and ...
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... activism reach across national boundaries ? To what extent did women abolitionists mirror national political cultures and national political trajectories ? How did racial identities define the boundaries of women's activism ? How did ...
... activism reach across national boundaries ? To what extent did women abolitionists mirror national political cultures and national political trajectories ? How did racial identities define the boundaries of women's activism ? How did ...
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... activism to locate their work within the Atlantic world and ask new transnational and comparative questions . In the past de ... activists across geographical and polit- ical boundaries ; now that emphasis has acquired new significance.5 ...
... activism to locate their work within the Atlantic world and ask new transnational and comparative questions . In the past de ... activists across geographical and polit- ical boundaries ; now that emphasis has acquired new significance.5 ...
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... activism and led many free women to view slavery as an affront to womanhood as well as to humanity . “ Where woman's heart is bleeding , " one activist insisted , " shall woman's heart be hushed ? " 8 Even though slavery's high toll in ...
... activism and led many free women to view slavery as an affront to womanhood as well as to humanity . “ Where woman's heart is bleeding , " one activist insisted , " shall woman's heart be hushed ? " 8 Even though slavery's high toll in ...
Inhalt
55 | |
The Transatlantic Activism of AfricanAmerican Women Abolitionists | 141 |
Transatlantic Influences on the Emergence of Womens Rights in the United States | 209 |
Transcultural Activism Against Slavery by AfricanAmerican Women | 297 |
List of Contributors | 367 |
Index | 369 |
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