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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810877503321

Titolo

Gender, politics and the state / / edited by Vicky Randall and Georgina Waylen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-71277-4

1-134-71278-2

1-280-18239-3

0-203-27384-2

0-203-00489-2

Descrizione fisica

x, 214 p

Altri autori (Persone)

RandallVicky

WaylenGeorgina

Disciplina

320/.082

Soggetti

Women - Political activity

Feminism

Women - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Gender, feminism and the state : an overview / Georgina Waylen -- 2. A political theory of gender : perspectives on the 'universal subject' / Terrell Carver -- 3. The state and the making of gender : some historical legacies / Ursula Vogel -- 4. Beyond liberalism? : feminist theories of democracy / Kate Nash -- 5. The state and the discursive construction of abortion / Barry Gilheany -- 6. Policing prostitution : gender, the state and community politics / Barbara Gwinnett -- 7. Remasculinisation and the neoliberal state in Latin America / Nikki Craske -- 8. The gendered politics of land reform: three comparative studies / Susie Jacobs -- 9. Gender politics and the state during Russia's transition period / Valerie Sperling -- 10. Gender, civil society and the state in China / Jude Howell -- 11. Gender and power : women engage the state / Vicky Randall.