AltaMira Press
Pages: 168
Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7591-0141-8 • Hardback • August 2003 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
978-0-7591-0142-5 • Paperback • July 2003 • $54.00 • (£42.00)
978-0-585-48308-5 • eBook • July 2003 • $51.00 • (£39.00)
Lisa D. Brush teaches sociology and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Part 1 PART ONE: GENDER, STATES AND SOCIAL POLICIES
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Where the Power Is
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Governance through a Gender Lens
Part 4 PART TWO: GOVERNANCE THROUGH A GENDER LENS
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: The Governance of Gender
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: The Gender of Governance
Part 7 PART THREE: TOWARD FEMINIST GOVERNANCE
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Changing the Subject
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Slouching toward Where the Power Is
Chapter 10 Suggestions for further reading
Chapter 11 References
A concise guide to the arguments in the growing literature on gender and governance of the past two decades, as well as to some classic works. . . . Highly recommended.
— M.A. Saint-Germain, California State University, Long Beach; Choice Reviews, April 2004
A clear assessment of the different effects state power and social policies have on men and women, highlighting both difference and dominance in the governance of gender.
— Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Feb. 2004