The political interests of gender revisited : redoing theory and research with a feminist face / edited by Anna G. Jónasdóttir & Kathleen B. Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anna G. Jónasdóttir.

Jones, Kathleen B., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Political science.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [2009]

Summary:

'In the two decades since the publication of our last anthology', Jonasdottir and Jones write in their introduction to this important new book, 'two trends have characterised approaches to the concept of gender in political studies . . . one strategically centring gender in social and political analysis and the other deconstructing gender'. Tensions between these trends led to an impasse in feminist theory, generating a crisis in how to think about what we can do about gender, identity, or representation in the ethical/political sense.

In this unique collection of theoretical and empirical research on gender and politics, the editors push past this impasse, assembling contributions from an impressive group of international scholars providing varied accounts of the political interests of gender. Investigating different institutional structures and discourses, contributors to this multidisciplinary collection illustrate concretely how to bridge the gap between discursive (post-structuralist, semiotic, philosophical, etc.) and socio-materialist accounts of gender relations and politics.

Structured around three conceptual guideposts - 'politics', 'interests', and 'gender' - this anthology demonstrates the continued relevance of these concepts in the context of a theoretical and material landscape in flux. Offering fresh models for theoretical and empirical research, the first five chapters of the book provide a theoretical framework for the collection, while the following eight chapters shed light on key concepts through detailed case studies of such topics as human rights, women's movements, gendered labour markets, international monetary policy, equality policy, and queer politics. The inclusion of both theoretical analyses and empirical research makes the anthology unique among recent books published on gender and politics.

Contents:

The political interests of gender revisited : reconstructing feminist theory and political research / Anna G. Jónasdóttir and Kathleen B. Jones

Out of epistemology : feminist theory in the 1980s and beyond / Anna G. Jónasdóttir and Kathleen B. Jones

Feminist questions, Marx's method and the theorisation of "love power" / Anna G. Jónasdóttir

Empowerment, development and women's liberation / Ann Ferguson

To teach "the correct procedure for love" : matrilineal cultures and the nation state / Maria-Barbara Watson-Franke

Confronting power and politics : a feminist theorising of gender in Commonwealth Caribbean societies / Eudine Barriteau

Men, power and the problem of gender equality policy implementation / Ingrid Pincus

Explanations of internal sex segregation in a male dominated profession : the police force / Berit Åberg

Queer citizenship/queer representation : politics out of bounds? / Kathleen B. Jones and Sue Dunlap

Injecting a woman's voice : conservative women's organisations, gender consciousness and the expression of women's policy preferences / Ronnee Schreiber

Women in movement : transformations in African political landscapes / Aili Mari Tripp

European Central Bank, monetary policy and the "social europe" / Brigitte Young

Private pain/public peace : women's rights as human rights and Amnesty International's report on violence against women / Gillian Youngs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789280811605

9280811606

9789280811612

9280811614

9789280811582

9280811584

OCLC:

244481640