Feminist Challenges in the Social Sciences: Gender Studies in the Basque Country
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Authors
Agirre, Katixa
Idiakez, Itziar A.
Amurrio, Mila
Aresti, Nerea
Astola, Jasone
Bullen, Margaret
del Valle, Teresa
de Miguel, Casilda
Mintegui, Carmen D.
Elizondo, Arantxa
Issue Date
2010
Type
Book
Language
Keywords
Current Research Series
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Abstract
Description
This book reflects many of the profound social, political, and economic changes that have influenced the UPV/EHU since the 1980s. This process shaped a complex social and political reality in the Basque Country that is mirrored in the diversity of authors and topics in the book. These authors do, however, share a feminist outlook and these chapters provide a general, albeit partial, overview of Basque feminist scholarship. The book is indicative of a twofold series of feminist challenges: There is the challenge of describing and reflecting upon the changes that have occurred in recent decades as regards the presence of women in the job market, in politics, and in public life. These are spheres where feminist activity—institutional, academic, and professional—has flourished to a considerable extent, but where inequalities, though often highly sophisticated and therefore difficult to identify, nonetheless remain evident. And there is a challenge in another sense as well, because the material gathered here represents a vital contribution to general research in the fields of anthropology, sociology, history, law, economics, political science, and communications sciences.