Women's organizations and democracy in South Africa [electronic resource] : contesting authority / Shireen Hassim.

Introduction: Autonomy and engagement in the South African women's movement
Contesting ideologies : feminism and nationalism
The emergence of women as a political constituency, 1979-90
The ANC in exile : challenging the role of women in national liberation
The return of the ANC Women's League : autonomy abrogated
From mothers of the nation to rights-bearing citizens : transition and its impact on the South African women's movement
Political parties, quotas, and representation in the new democracy
One woman, one desk, one typist : moving into the bureaucracy
Autonomy, engagement and democratic consolidation.