TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Civil society in South Africa: Learning from gender themes
JO  - World development
A1  - Hirschmann, David
SP  - 227
EP  - 238
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - The article relies on gender concepts and women's perspectives to inform and challenge established understandings of civil society. Based on interviews with women in South Africa, it reaffirms the interconnectedness of the public and private domains and of women's strategic and practical interests. It also demonstrates women's distinct contribution to civil society and the relevance of violence to an evaluation of civil society. The findings also suggest how a gendered approach may contribute to assessments of civil society in ways that go beyond gender concerns; for example, narrow state focused definitions of civil society exclude not only women's but most non-elite associational life.<p /> 
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SN  - 0305-750X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10021-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -