Gender Politics

This provocative and controversial book explores the consequences of these changes and offers a feminist perspective on the ideology and practice of transgenderism, which the author sees as harmful. It explores the effects of transgenderism on the lesbian and gay community, the partners of people wh..

This comprehensive volume presents critical scholarship, analysing governance practices in diverse jurisdictions in Europe and North America, at multiple scales and in relation to several different arenas of policy and practice. Marked by geographical and topical diversity, each chapter considers wh..

This book explores the issue of gender, peace and security in Africa from multiple angles, including theoretical analysis, a focus on female combatants, food security, and individual country case studies that explore women’s involvement in the security sector and the challenges of security sector re..

This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture...

This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture...

This book presents a feminist historical materialist analysis of how the law, policing and penal regimes have overlapped with social policies to coercively discipline the poor and marginalized sectors of the population throughout the history of capitalism. It explores issues related to the nature of..

Teresa Healy examines resistance within Mexican society during a period of sustained crisis at the multiple levels. She uncovers the limits and possibilities of working class men and women in transforming the conditions in which they live and work, and highlights the diversity and rich political his..

_x005F_x000D_ This new work draws together a discussion of the full range of romantic comedies in the new millennium, exploring the cycles of films that tackle areas including teen romance, the new career woman, women as action heroes, the homme com, motherhood and pregnancy and the mature millenniu..

Human Capital in Gender and Development addresses timely feminist debates about the relationship between feminism, neoliberalism, and international development...

International Courts and the African Woman Judge will be of interest to a variety of audiences including governments, policy makers, civil society organizations, students of gender studies, and feminist activists interested in all questions of gender and judging...

Rosalind Cavaghan presents a much needed fresh insight into the mechanisms maintaining the state's production of gender inequality, along with new perspectives on how we can tackle them. Making Gender Equality Happen argues that we must examine why so many policy makers can't understand how to 'main..

In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy...