Global gender issues in the new millennium / Anne Sisson Runyan, University of Cincinnati, V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Runyan, Anne Sisson.

Contributor:

Peterson, V. Spike.

Series:

Dilemmas in World Politics

Dilemmas in world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

Fourth Edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium argues that the power of gender works to help keep gender, race, class, sexual, and national divisions in place despite increasing attention to gender issues in the study and practice of world politics. Accessible and student-friendly for both undergraduate and graduate courses, authors Anne Sisson Runyan and V. Spike Peterson analyze gendered divisions of power and resources that contribute to the worldwide crises of representation, violence, and sustainability. They emphasize how hard-won attention to gender equality in world affairs can be co-opted when gender is used to justify or mystify unjust forms of global governance, international security, and global political economy. In the new and updated fourth edition, Runyan and Peterson examine the challenges of forging transnational solidarities to de-gender world politics, scholarship, and practice through renewed politics for greater representation and redistribution. Yet they see promise in coalitional struggles to re-radicalize feminist world political demands to change the downward conditions of women, men, children, and the planet. Updated to include framing questions at the opening of each chapter, discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter, and updated data on gender statistics and policymaking. Chapters One and Two have also been revised to provide more support to readers with less of a background in gender politics. Case studies and web resources are now also provided. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments to the Fourth Edition; Acknowledgments to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments to the First Edition; Acronyms; 1. Introduction: Gender and Global Issues; The Intersectional Study of Gender; Gender as a Lens on World Politics; Gender and Global Issues; Gender and Global Crises; Gender Gains: Repositionings of Women and Men in World Politics; Global Crises: Remasculinizations of World Politics; Mapping the Book; 2. Gendered Lenses on World Politics; How Lenses Work and Why They Matter; The Power of Gender

The Power of Gender as a Meta-Lens in World PoliticsFeminist World Politics Lenses; Global Gendered Divisions of Power, Violence, Labor, and Resources; 3. Gender and Global Governance; Feminist Approaches to Politics; Women Actors in Global Governance; Barriers to Women's Participation in Global Governance; Institutionalizing Global Gender Equality; Neoliberal Govermentality and the New Global Politics of Gender Equality; Women in Politics Versus Feminist Politics; 4. Gender and Global Security; Feminist Approaches to Security; Gendered Security; Women, Militaries, and Political Violence

Men, Militaries, and Gender ViolenceGendered Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peace-Building; (De)Militarizing Feminism; Disarming Security; 5. Gender and Global Political Economy; Feminist Approaches to Global Political Economy; Women, Gender, and Development; Anatomies of Neoliberal Globalization; Women, Gender, and Neoliberal Globalization; Gendered Financialization; Gendered Resources; Gendered Divisions of Resources; Toward Resisting Neoliberalism; 6. Gendered Resistances; Feminist Resistance Politics; Toward Degendering World Politics; Suggested Activities for Research and Discussion

Web and Video ResourcesReferences; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813351841

0813351847

9780429973413

0429973411

9780429493782

0429493789

9781785395178

1785395173

9780813349176

0813349176

OCLC:

863202817