| Summary: | This book investigates how neoliberalism shaped the womens movement in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the mid-1980s to late 2010s and looks at the future of the movement. Based on an empirical study that encompasses the three levels of the movementindividualised feminism, the work of womens organisations, and state feminismit explores how neoliberal rationality, promoted by governments over three decades, has impacted feminist identification and activism as well as political opportunities for organisations and institutions working within the movement. Exploring the diversity of feminist voices, the author analyses intersectional, (post)colonial and intergenerational debates within the movement in the context of neoliberalisms influence on feminist values and strategies, and examines whether neoliberal rationality succeeded in depoliticising, individualising and fragmenting the movement. The book comes to the conclusion that despite some severe drawbacks, internal conflicts and changes of strategies, the womens movement in Aotearoa/New Zealand has survived the impact of neoliberalism. This book will be of interest to scholars of Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science, and Womens History, as well as feminist activists. Julia Schuster received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Auckland in 2014 and held a post-doctoral position at the Johannes Kepler University Linz from 2014 to 2020, researching in the fields of intersectionality theory, discrimination against minorities, and womens movements. Since 2020, she works at Statistics AustriaAustrias Federal Statistic Officeon migration statistics, while publishing the in the areas of her expertise.
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