| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 492 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1: Theory/Practice; 1. Feminist International Relations: making sense ... -- 2. Ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies -- 3. Sex or gender? Bodies in global politics and why gender matters -- 4. Postcolonial theories and challenges to 'first world-ism' -- Part 2: Ethics and Subjectivity; 5. Ethics -- 6. Environmental politics and ecology -- 7. Body politics: gender, sexuality and human rights -- 8. Trafficking in human beings -- Part 3: Violence and Security; 9. War -- 10. Militarism -- 11. Terrorism and political violence -- 12. The 'war on terrorism' -- 13. Genocide and mass violence -- 14. Sexual violence in war -- Part 4: Political Economy -- 15. International/global political economy -- 16. Production, employment and consumption -- 17. Land, water and food -- 18. Development institutions and neoliberal globalisation -- Part 5: International Institutions -- 19. Mainstreaming gender in international institutions -- 20. International criminal law -- 21. Peacekeeping -- 22. Peacebuilding -- Part 6: Identities, Orders, Borders; 23. Migration -- 24. Religion -- 25. Nationalism -- 26. Citizenship, nationality and gender -- 27. Transnational activism -- Part 7: Information, Communication, Technology; 28. Art, aesthetics and emotionality -- 29. Popular culture and the politics of the visual -- 30. Sex, gender, and cyberspace -- 31. New social media and global resistance -- Afterword |
| 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."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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International relations.
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Feminism.
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Feminist theory.
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international relations.
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feminism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Feminism
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Feminist theory
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International relations
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Relations internationales.
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Féminisme -- Aspect politique.
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Féminisme -- Coopération internationale.
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Études sur le genre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shepherd, Laura J., editor
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| ISBN |
1134752520 |
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9781134752522 |
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9781315879819 |
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1315879816 |
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