The political interests of gender revisited : redoing theory and research with a feminist face
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The political interests of gender revisited : redoing theory and research with a feminist face
United Nations University Press, c2009
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hbk ISBN 9789280811605
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"In the last two decades," Jonasdottir and Jones write in their introduction to this important new anthology, "two trends have characterized approaches to the concept of gender in political studies... one strategically centering gender in social and political analysis and the other deconstructing gender." Tensions between these trends led to an impasse in feminist theory, generating a "crisis in how to think about what we can do about gender, identity, or representation in the ethical/political sense." This unique collection of theoretical and empirical research on gender and politics pushes past this impasse. Investigating different institutional structures and discourses, contributors illustrate how to bridge the gap between discursive (post-structuralist, semiotic, philosophical) and socio-materialist accounts of gender relations and politics.
Structured around three conceptual guideposts politics, interests, and gender the book demonstrates the continued relevance of these concepts in the context of a theoretical and material landscape in flux. Offering fresh models for theoretical and empirical research, the book sheds light on key concepts through case studies on human rights, women's movements, gendered labor markets, international monetary policy, equality policy, and queer politics.
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: pbk ISBN 9789280811612
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This unique collection of theoretical and empirical research on gender and politics assembles contributions from an impressive group of international scholars providing varied accounts of the political interests of gender. It illustrates concretely how to bridge the gap between discursive and socio-materialist accounts of gender relations and politics. Offering fresh models for theoretical and empirical research, the first five chapters provide a theoretical framework for the collection, while the following eight chapters shed light on key concepts through detailed case studies of such topics as human rights, women's movements, gendered labour markets, international monetary policy, equality policy, and queer politics.
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