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Jumbled Civil Society: Charting the Effects of International Discourses and Institutions on the Women’s Associational Movement in Galicia
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Jumbled Civil Society: Charting the Effects of International Discourses and Institutions on
Subnational Politics and the Women’s Associational Movement in Galicia
Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
September 2 - September 5, 2004.
Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
Candice Ortbals
Pepperdine University
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please contact the author at:
Candice.## email not listed ##
Abstract: International discourses regarding women’s identities and equality are picked up by many local actors, including states, sub-national administrations, political parties, and women’s associations. The region of Galicia, which comprises the northwestern portion of Spain, is a particularly intriguing case of the manifestation of international ideas regarding equality. In this paper, I chart the effects of international phenomena and local variables on two kinds of women’s associations in the region: the Galician nationalist feminists and the rural women’s associations of Galicia. The purpose of the paper is twofold: 1) to establish the unique nature of subnational activisms yet tie them to international themes and 2) to show how the local embodiment of equality politics can create diversity in women’s civil society – even civil society in a small place. The Galician activists, while being similarly influenced by regional culture and international discourses, are perhaps movements unto themselves.
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Jumbled Civil Society: Charting the Effects of International Discourses and Institutions on
Subnational Politics and the Women’s Associational Movement in Galicia
Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
September 2 - September 5, 2004.
Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
Candice Ortbals
Pepperdine University
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please contact the author at:
Candice.## email not listed ##
Abstract: International discourses regarding women’s identities and equality are picked up by
many local actors, including states, sub-national administrations, political parties, and women’s
associations. The region of Galicia, which comprises the northwestern portion of Spain, is a
particularly intriguing case of the manifestation of international ideas regarding equality. In this
paper, I chart the effects of international phenomena and local variables on two kinds of
women’s associations in the region: the Galician nationalist feminists and the rural women’s
associations of Galicia. The purpose of the paper is twofold: 1) to establish the unique nature of
subnational activisms yet tie them to international themes and 2) to show how the local
embodiment of equality politics can create diversity in women’s civil society – even civil society
in a small place. The Galician activists, while being similarly influenced by regional culture and
international discourses, are perhaps movements unto themselves.
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