Gender Differences and Intersectionality in Community Organizing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Mizrahi (0000-0001-5712-8599, Hunter College, corresponding author), Jessica Greenawalt (Boston University, Boston, MA) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 432-463 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2017.1356784 |
| OpenAlex | W2753290514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 38 |
Little is known about perspectives and strategies of community practitioners and how gender influences organizing. Women and men community organizers were interviewed to gain perspective on the influence of gender on their respective organizing styles and approach, including perceived challenges and benefits associated with gender. Using grounded theory methodology, interview responses were analyzed and themes identified. Interesting differences emerged and responses compelled an intersectional approach to understanding the complexities of male and female responses about gender and other categories of power and oppression, including race, class and ability. Female organizers' responses demonstrate that the women were more aware of their social position, compared to men. They described their experiences as being embedded in a dominant culture of White, male privilege. The male organizers tended to describe their experience absent of a cultural context or they described themselves as being targets of gender discrimination, with interesting exceptions. Overall themes suggest that gender does influence organizing practice, styles and experiences; and that further research should consider gender from an intersectional perspective
Context (archaeology · Intersectionality · Oppression · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Sociology · Gender Studies · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Development and Social Support
Understanding the Behavioral Health Risk Factors that African American and Latinx Women Experience within a National Context
Making Structural Change with Relational Power
Intersectional Organizing and Educational Justice
Intersectionality and financial instability
A Critical Community Practice Theory for Forging Alliances across Difference
The Case for Prefigurative Feminist Organizing
Critical Difference Engagement
Place-making
Community Practice in Social Work
The challenges of “Moving at the Speed of Trust
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare
From the ‘Woman's Point of View’ Ten Years Later
The Handbook of Community Practice
The unpublished manuscript
Black Feminist Thought
Intersectional and Cross-Movement Politics and Policies
Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies
Teaching Intersectionality Intersectionally
Doing and feeling research in public
Women’s Ways of Organizing
Five ways of doing qualitative analysis
The Person-in-Environment Approach
Balancing Micro and Macro Practice
Complexities of Coalition Building
Mapping the Margins
A Feminist Response to Rothman's ''The Interweaving of Community Intervention Approaches
Perspectives from Women Organizers
Is Community Organizing ''The Greatest Job'' One Could Have
Seeing Privilege Where It Isn't
Masculinities in place
Re-Thinking Intersectionality
Recent Feminist Outlooks on Intersectionality
Feminist Theory
Emotions and Redefining Black Masculinity
Reflections on Researcher Identity and Power
Community Organizing or Organizing Community
Hegemonic Masculinity
The Complexity of Intersectionality
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |