Transforming gendered well-being in Europe : the impact of social movements / edited by Alison E. Woodward, Jean-Michel Bonvin, Mercè Renom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The impact of social movements on gendered well-being in Europe, Alison E. Woodward, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Mercè Renom; Part I The Transformation of Political and Material Well-Being and Power: Mercè Renom and Alison E. Woodward; Subsistence movements in 18th-century Catalonia: material and political aspects in gendered food protests, Mercè Renom; Money matters: the impacts of class and gender on the first wave of women's movements financing strategies, Pernilla Jonsson and Silke Neunsinger; Working women an 'de-unionization': the struggles for autonomy, Conchi Vilar, Mònica Borrell, Carles Enrech, Juanjo Romero-Marín and Jordi Ibarz; Second wave feminism and the capability approach: the Swiss case, Sylvie Burgnard; Anti-modernist utopia in 'new Europe': protest, gender and well-being, Andrea Petö. Part II The Transformation of Intimate Citizenship: Bodies, Personal Capacities and the Intimate Conditions of Life: Jean-Michel Bonvin; Gender family policies and democracy in Eastern Europe after 1989, Jacqueline Heinen; Dutch women's health care movement and the transformation of the welfare state in the Netherlands 1975{u2013}2005, Berteke Waaldijk; Redefining well-being through actions: women's activism and the Polish state, Magda Grabowska and Joanna Regulska; Not quite women: lesbian activism in Portugal, Ana Maria Brandão; We can't have men giving birth! (but we do). The impact of the Belgian transgender movement on the well-being of transgender persons in Belgium, Joz Motmans; Intimate citizenship and gendered well-being: the claims and interventions of women's movements in Europe, Sasha Roseneil, Isabel Crowhurst, Tone Hellesund, Ana Cristina Santos and Mariuya Stoilva. Part III The Transformation of Political Fora and Spaces: Making a Place for Global Issues and the Transformation of Women's Well-Being Beyond Borders: Alison E. Woodward; Women's mobilization in conflicts over female Muslim covering: an opportunity for the well-being of women?, Leila Hadj-Abdou; Minority inclusion, self-representation and coalition-building: the participation of minority women in European women's networks, Lise Rolundsen Agustín and Silke Roth; Care economies and collective well-being in contemporary European feminist organizing, Wendy Harcourt; Conclusion: the role of social movements in transforming well-being, Alison E. Woodward, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Mercè Renom.

Social movements can improve the well-being of men and women but are frequently analysed through a gender-neutral lens. Taking an international and cross-disciplinary perspective, this book examines the impact of social movements on political and material well-being, self-definition And The capabilities to be gendered political actors in transnational political spaces. The capability to participate in and affect public life is often denied women and men in part due To The gendered definitions and structures of political and social action. Insights from history and from the field of social movement studies in varied settings help identify how social movements have been instrumental in changing individual well-being through participation and empowerment as well as contributing to collective well-being thanks to victories in connection to health, recognition and access to material goods. The book also illustrates when social movements have been stalled and relates this to gendered relations. The contributions pay particular attention To The role of feminist movements and of women active in other social movements and social protest including unions and movements of the far right and authors consider the ways in which gender has been important for defining the goals of social movements as well as For The organization of action and their outcomes. Thanks To The international spread of contributions a comparative record can be examined, and many of the contributions provide international comparisons around specific themes. This book is more than an abstract commentary on civil society and democracy over time as it provides unique and concrete illustrations of the role of participatory process on radically changing women as political actors.