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Femmes et politique en Roumanie et en Belgique dans l'entre-deux-guerres
The evolution of women's participation in politics: the Romanian and the Belgian cases between the Two World Wars
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Abstract The article focuses on the comparison between the Romanian and the Belgian feminisms between the Wars. The author presents the evolution of political parties and of feminism in Romania and in Belgium, continues with the presentation of the actions of feminists to obtain the political rights and ends... view more
The article focuses on the comparison between the Romanian and the Belgian feminisms between the Wars. The author presents the evolution of political parties and of feminism in Romania and in Belgium, continues with the presentation of the actions of feminists to obtain the political rights and ends with a comparative approach of the feminists' discourses. Thus, the author points to a number of strong resemblances concerning the two feminisms as doctrines, as well as in what concerns the praxis, with similar types of actions in view of obtaining political rights. In fact, between the Wars, the Romanian feminism was attempting to integrate in the great network of international feminism. However, while Romania used the Belgian model for its own constitutional and political development, there were also important differences between the two countries. The article stresses the national specificity of Romania and Belgium, observing the independence of Romanian feminists "vis-a-vis" the parties versus the enrolment of women in political parties in Belgium, the political regime of the two countries being another object of this research.... view less
Keywords
Romania; Belgium; peace time; women's issues; feminism; discourse; comparison; party; political right; historical development
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
French
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 641-665
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 6 (2006) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0