PRECARIOUS LOCATIONS: FEMINIST CO-OPTATION AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE
PRECARIOUS LOCATIONS: FEMINIST CO-OPTATION AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE

Summary/Abstract: As women gained access to influence politics through official channels, the social justice concerns of feminist activists started to be pursued in Romania through institutionalized forms of political intervention. The institutionalization and professionalization of the feminist movement were widely associated with feminist and women NGOs collaborating with governmental gender equality bodies to advance movement goals and achieve policy success. While some scholars insisted on the benefits of infusing feminist ideas and practices within the state, others considered that NGOization made the feminist movement susceptible of co-optation contributing to its demobilization and depoliticization. The concept of co-optation reflects the dilemmas faced by contemporary feminist movements regarding the displacement of feminist goals and concerns that might be adapted to other priorities and agendas – sometimes adverse and conflicting with the original aims – once they become part of the official political channels of decision-making.

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