Breaking away from the Predicament of the Double Marginalization: A Preliminary Analysis of Contemporary Scottish Women's Campaign for Equal Representation
WANG Lei
School of History and Culture at Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064 Sichuan Province, China
Abstract：From 1980s, feminists have taken an active part in the constitutional reform movement in order to break away from the predicament of the double marginalization of women in scotland. This paper focuses on the campaign for scottish women's equal representation, and reviews the course of struggle of scottish feminists for the adoption of equal representation. The paper summarizes some achievement of the campaign and suggests what lessons be learned from the campaign for scottish women's equal representation by the women's movement in China and the world in the end.
王磊. 打破“双重边缘化”的困境——当代苏格兰妇女争取平等代表权运动探析[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2013, 0(1): 92-99.
WANG Lei. Breaking away from the Predicament of the Double Marginalization: A Preliminary Analysis of Contemporary Scottish Women's Campaign for Equal Representation. , 2013, 0(1): 92-99.
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