TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Situating' active citizenship
T2 - Historical and contemporary perspectives of women's organising in the pacific
AU - George, Nicole
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - This article examines a 40-year history of women's organising in Fiji, in order to show how the political goals pursued by active citizens can be shaped by an interplay of domestic and international political contingencies. This approach challenges the common and somewhat idealised definitions of active citizenship that focus upon actors' capacity to mobilise collectively behind political goals independent of those that motivate the state or the market. Rather, active citizenship is viewed as a realm of political activity constituted in ways that both reflect and contest contingent factors prevailing globally and locally.
AB - This article examines a 40-year history of women's organising in Fiji, in order to show how the political goals pursued by active citizens can be shaped by an interplay of domestic and international political contingencies. This approach challenges the common and somewhat idealised definitions of active citizenship that focus upon actors' capacity to mobilise collectively behind political goals independent of those that motivate the state or the market. Rather, active citizenship is viewed as a realm of political activity constituted in ways that both reflect and contest contingent factors prevailing globally and locally.
KW - Civil Society
KW - Gender and Diversity
KW - Oceania and Japan
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350780126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09614520903220826
DO - 10.1080/09614520903220826
M3 - Article
SN - 0961-4524
VL - 19
SP - 981
EP - 996
JO - Development in Practice
JF - Development in Practice
IS - 8
ER -