Gender Matters in Global Politics
A Feminist Introduction to International Relations
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Political Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781134752591 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781134752591 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying feminism & international relations, gender and global politics and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of the most significant theories, methodologies, debates and issues.
This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, and brings together cutting-edge feminist scholarship in a variety of issue areas.
Key features and benefits of the book:
- Introduces students to the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics
- Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies
- Addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics
- Features detailed pedagogical tools and resources – seminar exercises, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources and a glossary of key terms
- New chapters on - Environmental politics and ecology; War; Terrorism and political violence; Land, food and water; International legal institutions; Peacebuilding institutions and post-conflict reconstruction; Citizenship; Art, aesthetics and emotionality; and New social media and global resistance.
- This text enables students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the work that gender does in policies and practices of global politics.
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying feminism & international relations, gender and global politics and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of the most significant theories, methodologies, debates and issues.
This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, and brings together cutting-edge feminist scholarship in a variety of issue areas.
Key features and benefits of the book:
- Introduces students to the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics
- Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies
- Addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics
- Features detailed pedagogical tools and resources – seminar exercises, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources and a glossary of key terms
- New chapters on - Environmental politics and ecology; War; Terrorism and political violence; Land, food and water; International legal institutions; Peacebuilding institutions and post-conflict reconstruction; Citizenship; Art, aesthetics and emotionality; and New social media and global resistance.
- This text enables students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the work that gender does in policies and practices of global politics.
