Governance Feminism

Janet Halley is Royal Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Prabha Kotiswaran is reader in law and social justice at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.Rachel RebouchÉ is professor of law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Hila Shamir is associate professor of law at Tel Aviv University Buchman Faculty of Law.

"What happens when feminist critique inverts into governing norms? What kind of feminism becomes law and what becomes of arguments among feminists when it does? How are feminist challenges to male super-ordination transformed and distributed by bureaucratization and NGO-ification? How might we honestly assess feminism that governs? In this deeply intelligent, reflective, and pedagogical work, four feminist legal scholars probe these theoretical and empirical questions. No reader will favor every move, but all will be usefully provoked and instructed."-Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley"The book delivers a good summary of which feminist theories have prevailed and can be seen as the governing ones. Excellent for collections on feminism and women’s rights."-Choice

• ContentsIntroduction: An Ethic of ResponsibilityJanet HalleyPart I. Varieties of Governance Feminism1. Where in the Legal Order Have Feminists Gained Inclusion?Janet Halley2. Which Forms of Feminism Have Gained Inclusion?Janet Halley3. Dancing across the Minefield: Feminists Reflect on Generating, Owning, and Critiquing PowerJanet HalleyPart II. From the Transnational to the Local4. Governance Feminism in the Postcolony: Reforming India’s Rape LawsPrabha Kotiswaran5. Anti-trafficking in Israel: Neo-abolitionist Feminists, Markets, Borders, and the StateHila Shamir6. When Rights Return: Feminist Advocacy for Women’s Reproductive Rights and against Sex-selective AbortionRachel RebouchÉConclusion. Distribution and Decision: Assessing Governance FeminismJanet HalleyAcknowledgmentsIndex