Haleh Afshar teaches politics and women's studies a the University of York, and Islamic Law at the Faculte Internationale de Droit Compare at Strasbourg. She was born and raised in Iran and remains active in Iranian feminist politics.

• Introduction 1. Analysing Women in the Politics of the Third World Georgina Waylen 2. Women and the State in the Third World Shirin Rai 3. Feminist Perspectives on Democratisation in the South: Engendering or Adding Women in? Doona Pakhurst and Jenny Pearce 4. The Role of Women in the Resistance to Political Authoritarianism in Latin America and South Asia Rohini Hensman 5. (Re) Instituting Notions of Resistance and Empowerment: A Humanitarian Aid Project in Nicaragua Jasbir Pua 6. Chinese Women: Media Concerns and the Politics of Reform Delia Davin 7. Social Policies and Rural Women's Fertility Behaviour in the People's Republic of China Aiping Mu 8. Women and Fundamentalism in Iran Haleh Ashfar 9. Women and Politics in Post Khomeini Iran: Divorce, Veiling and Emerging Feminist Voices Ziba Mir-Husseini 10. The Women's Movement, Feminism and the National Struggle in Palestine: Unresolved Contradictions 11. Palestinan Women and the Intefada: An Exploration of Women and Realities Maria Holt

Haleh Afshar teaches politics and women's studies a the University of York, and Islamic Law at the Faculte Internationale de Droit Compare at Strasbourg. She was born and raised in Iran and remains active in Iranian feminist politics.

• Introduction 1. Analysing Women in the Politics of the Third World Georgina Waylen 2. Women and the State in the Third World Shirin Rai 3. Feminist Perspectives on Democratisation in the South: Engendering or Adding Women in? Doona Pakhurst and Jenny Pearce 4. The Role of Women in the Resistance to Political Authoritarianism in Latin America and South Asia Rohini Hensman 5. (Re) Instituting Notions of Resistance and Empowerment: A Humanitarian Aid Project in Nicaragua Jasbir Pua 6. Chinese Women: Media Concerns and the Politics of Reform Delia Davin 7. Social Policies and Rural Women's Fertility Behaviour in the People's Republic of China Aiping Mu 8. Women and Fundamentalism in Iran Haleh Ashfar 9. Women and Politics in Post Khomeini Iran: Divorce, Veiling and Emerging Feminist Voices Ziba Mir-Husseini 10. The Women's Movement, Feminism and the National Struggle in Palestine: Unresolved Contradictions 11. Palestinan Women and the Intefada: An Exploration of Women and Realities Maria Holt

Haleh Afshar teaches politics and women's studies a the University of York, and Islamic Law at the Faculte Internationale de Droit Compare at Strasbourg. She was born and raised in Iran and remains active in Iranian feminist politics.

• Introduction 1. Analysing Women in the Politics of the Third World Georgina Waylen 2. Women and the State in the Third World Shirin Rai 3. Feminist Perspectives on Democratisation in the South: Engendering or Adding Women in? Doona Pakhurst and Jenny Pearce 4. The Role of Women in the Resistance to Political Authoritarianism in Latin America and South Asia Rohini Hensman 5. (Re) Instituting Notions of Resistance and Empowerment: A Humanitarian Aid Project in Nicaragua Jasbir Pua 6. Chinese Women: Media Concerns and the Politics of Reform Delia Davin 7. Social Policies and Rural Women's Fertility Behaviour in the People's Republic of China Aiping Mu 8. Women and Fundamentalism in Iran Haleh Ashfar 9. Women and Politics in Post Khomeini Iran: Divorce, Veiling and Emerging Feminist Voices Ziba Mir-Husseini 10. The Women's Movement, Feminism and the National Struggle in Palestine: Unresolved Contradictions 11. Palestinan Women and the Intefada: An Exploration of Women and Realities Maria Holt