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Cosmopolitan Feminism and Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Niamh Reilly
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Abstract

Reilly offers an account of cosmopolitan feminism as emancipatory political practice in an age of globalization. This entails a critical engagement with international human rights law; a global feminist consciousness that contests patriarchal, capitalist, and racist power dynamics in a context of neoliberal globalization; cross-boundaries dialogue that recognizes the intersectionality of forms of oppression; collaborative transnational strategizing on concrete issues; and the utilization of global forums as sites of cosmopolitan solidarity and citizen action.

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Democratic Interventions in Feminist Theory
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Hypatia , Volume 22 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Democratic Theory , Fall 2007 , pp. 180 - 198
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Copyright © 2007 by Hypatia, Inc.

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