Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious en…
Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious en…
Reflects the interest in women's empowerment in developing countries demonstrated by the Beijing Conference. This book features an introductory essay, which focuses on the conflict over the term "gender" at the Beijing Conference, and the divisions between conservative women and…
Women transforming politics: an alternative reader
"International Perspective on Gender and Democratisation examines and addresses four broad themes. First is the participation of women in political movements; second, the importance of women's participation in processes of institutional - constitutional and legal - design: third…
In 'Gender and Nation' Yuval-Davis argues that the construction of nationhood involves specific notions of both `manhood' and `womanhood'. She examines the contribution of gender relations to key dimensions of nationalist projects - the nation's reproduction, its culture and cit…
Gender & nation
by ProQuest (Firm), Yuval-Davis, Nira, Yuval-Davis, Nira
fromPolitics and culture series
Nira Yuval-Davis provides an authoritative overview and critique of writings on gender and nationhood, presenting an original analysis of the ways gender relations affect and are affected by national projects and processes. In Gender and Nation Yuval-Davis argues that the constr…
Yuval-Davis provides both an authoritative critique of the literature on gender and nationhood, and an original analysis of the ways in which gender relations are affected by national projects and processes.
In 'Gender and Nation' Yuval-Davis argues that the construction of nationhood involves specific notions of both m̀anhood' and ẁomanhood'. She examines the contribution of gender relations to key dimensions of nationalist projects - the nation's reproduction, its culture and citiz…
In this important book, thirteen leading feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of central concepts in traditional Western political theory. Feminist scholars have been redrawing the landscape of political theory for over twenty-five years, but these essays aim to …
In this important book, thirteen leading feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of central concepts in traditional Western political theory. Feminist scholars have been redrawing the landscape of political theory for over twenty-five years, but these essays aim to …
In this important book, thirteen leading feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of central concepts in traditional Western political theory. Feminist scholars have been redrawing the landscape of political theory for over twenty-five years, but these essays aim to …
Rereading Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: the Political Economy of Gender
by Nelson, Sara, Leacock, Eleanor, Safa, Helen I., Townsend, Camilla, Abbassi, Jennifer, Lutjens, Sheryl L., De Brito, Angela Nieves-Xavier, Cañadell, Rosa M., Chinchilla, Norma, Eber, Christine E., T. Ho, Christine G., Kampwirth, Karen, Kunzle, David, Savigliano, Marta E., Stephen, Lynn, Sternbach, Nancy Saporta, Vaughan, Mary Kay, Viezzer, Moema, Young, Grace Ester
fromLatin American perspectives in the classroom
"This indispensable text reader provides a broad-ranging and thoughtfully organized feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Designed for use in a variety of college courses, the volume collects an influential group of…
Rereading Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: the Political Economy of Gender
by Nelson, Sara, Leacock, Eleanor, Safa, Helen I., Townsend, Camilla, Abbassi, Jennifer, Lutjens, Sheryl L., De Brito, Angela Nieves-Xavier, Cañadell, Rosa M., Chinchilla, Norma, Eber, Christine E., T. Ho, Christine G., Kampwirth, Karen, Kunzle, David, Savigliano, Marta E., Stephen, Lynn, Sternbach, Nancy Saporta, Vaughan, Mary Kay, Viezzer, Moema, Young, Grace Ester
fromLatin American perspectives in the classroom
This indispensable text reader provides a broad-ranging and thoughtfully organized feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Designed for use in a variety of college courses, the volume collects an influential group of …