Working the Spaces of Power: Activism, Neoliberalism and Gendered Labour

by Janet Newman

This book highlights the way in which contemporary forms of governance, policy and politics have been reframed by women "working the spaces of power". It shows how links between activism and work have generated innovations that have since become "common sense" forms of policy and practice.

Janet Newman draws on interviews with a wide variety of women in positions of power, some at the highest levels of government, some who have led major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849664900
• ISBN13: 9781849664905
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"