Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies develops a feminist perspective on political issues including religious fundamentalism, inter-ethnic conflict and the process of democratization in the post-Cold War era. Included are chapters on inter-ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia, the emergence of a "male democracy" in Chile, women's rights in Israel, the far right and women in France and the experience of immigrants in Britain.
Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies is a revealing study of women's involvement with restrictive political ideologies and demonstrates the importance of a feminist politics that enables women to understand and work with each other across the boundaries that divide them.

Nickie Charles is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Wales Swansea.,
Helen Hintjens is a Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea.

Chapter 1 Gender, ethnicity and cultural identity: womens 'places', Nickie Charles, Helen Hintjens; Chapter 2 Founding fathers and earth mothers, Sarah Benton; Chapter 3 Identity: feminist perspectives on 'race', ethnicity and nationality, Sheila Allen; Chapter 4 The logics of exclusion, Mirjana Morokvasic; Chapter 5 When society was simple, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 6 Strategies of resistance among the Muslim minority in West Yorkshire, Haleh Afshar; Chapter 7 Citizen warriors, workers and mothers, Valerie Bryson; Chapter 8 Women's activism, authoritarianism and democratisation in Chile, Georgina Waylen; Chapter 9 Beyond differences, Nira Yuval-Davis;