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