Gender matters in global politics : a feminist introduction to international relations / edited by Laura J Shepherd.
"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, methodologie...
| Other Authors: | Shepherd, Laura J. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Publication: |
London : Routledge, 2015 |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Número de la Biblioteca del Congreso: |
2013050051 |
| Signatura BC: |
JZ1253.2 |
| Clasificación CDU: |
* 327 327:396 |
| Clasificación Dewey: |
327.101 |
| Otro número de clasificación: |
POL000000 SOC032000 |
| Edición: |
Second edition. |
| Tipo de contenido: |
text |
| Tipo de medio: |
unmediated |
| Tipo de soporte: |
volume |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-476) and index. |
| Summary: |
"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, providing students with provocative and cutting-edge insights into the study and practices of (how) gender matters in global politics. 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 extensive pedagogy to facilitate learning seminar exercises, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources and a glossary of key termsNew chapters on Environmental politics and ecology; War; Terrorism and political violence; Land, food and water; International legal institutions; Peacebuilding institutions and postconflict reconstruction; Citizenship; Art, aesthetics and emotionality; and New social media and global resistance In this innovative and groundbreaking textbook gender is represented as a noun, a verb and a logic, allowing both students and lecturers to develop a sophisticated understanding of the crucial role that gender plays in the theories, policies and practices of global politics. "-- |
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| ISBN: |
9780415715201 0415715202 9780415715218 0415715210 9781315879819 1315879816 |
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