Gender Matters in Global Politics
A Feminist Introduction to International Relations
Price: $160.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-45387-5
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st December 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 376
About the Book
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. The textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars to give a genuinely global perspective on the subject. Features and benefits of the book:
- Introduces students to the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains its 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
- The text is heavily illustrated throughout with extensive pedagogy to facilitate learning - boxed case studies, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources
This innovative and groundbreaking textbook allows 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.