Ebook {Epub PDF} Butterfly Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon

 · MacKinnon’s latest book, Butterfly Politics, draws from a collection of sexual harassment cases. As an extension of Edward Lorenz’s metaphor—in which a butterfly flapping its wings is a sufficient impetus for a tornado— Butterfly Politics explains activism’s role in . Butterfly politics [electronic resource] / Catharine A. MacKinnon. Other records: Author/Creator: MacKinnon, Catharine A., author. Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Format/Description: Book 1 online resource ( pages) Subjects: Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation.  · The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of Butterfly Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon (Belknap Press ). Professor MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and is the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Butterfly Politics By Catharine A. MacKinnon Harvard University Press, pp, £ ISBN Published 27 April The author. The eminent feminist legal scholar, author and educator Catharine MacKinnon is Elizabeth A. Long professor of law, University of Michigan, and the James Barr Ames visiting professor of law, Harvard Law. The Resource Butterfly politics, Catharine A. MacKinnon Butterfly politics, Catharine A. MacKinnon. Butterfly Politics. By Catharine A. MacKinnon. Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, pp. $ (hardcover). - Volume 15 Issue 1.

In the opening pages, MacKinnon explains that the actual title of the book— Butterfly Politics —references a phenomenon that scientists call the “butterfly effect,” the idea that “extremely small simple actions, properly targeted, can come to have highly complex and large effects in certain contexts” (1). “ MacKinnon [is] radical, passionate, incorruptible and a beautiful literary stylist Butterfly Politics is a devastating salvo fired in the gender wars. A fierce and lucid anthology of essays on subjects ranging from torture to pornography, this book has a single overriding aim: to effect global change in the pursuit of equality. Pioneering lawyer and activist for women’s rights Catharine A. MacKinnon argues that seemingly minor interventions in the legal realm can have a butterfly ef.