The politics of gender : a survey

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Title:

Author:

Lee, Yoke-Lian.

ISBN:

9781857434934

9780203850527

Publication Information:

London : Routledge, 2010.

Physical Description:

xv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction: the politics of gender / Yoke-Lian Lee -- Not a woman hater: Hobbe's critique of patriarchy / Glen Newey -- Politics of difference and activism at intersections: Romani women in Eastern and Central Europe / Lena J. Kruckenberg -- Class, violence and masculinity in Hollywood movies: a new-Marxian meta-narrative / Vassilis K. Fouskas -- The gender politics of international relations / Jill Steans -- Plus ðca (climate) change, plus c'est la mãeme (masculinist) chose; gender politics and the discourses of climate change / Sherilyn MacGregor -- The politics of gender: the case of the female trafficked migrant / Sharon A. Fitzgerald -- Feminist imperialism: ravel writing and journalism past and present / Corrine Fowler -- Gender and/as genocide / Tawia Ansah -- Maintaining gender into the African Union peace ans security agenda / Tim Murithi -- Sovereignty, subjectivity and human rights: a gender sketch / Yoke-Lian Lee.

Abstract:

This title addresses the major theme of the politics of gender. Chapters on a variety of issues, contributed by experts in the field of gender, will include human trafficking and EU law, gender in international relations, the gender politics of philosphy/political theory, and more.

Subject Term:

Sex role.

Sexism.

Sexism in political culture.

Added Author:

Lee, Yoke-Lian.

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This new title in the Politics of . . . Series addresses the major theme of the politics of gender. Chapters on a variety of issues, contributed by experts in the field of gender, include Human Trafficking, Gender in International Relations, the Construction of Masculinity in Hollywood Movies, Gender and Climate Change, and Mainstreaming Gender in the Peace and Security Agenda of the African Union.

An A-Z glossary offers supplementary information on key terms, with entries including abortion, commission on the status of women, ecofeminism, equal access, human rights, migration, population control, and sex tourism.