Sex, Politics, and Putin - Political Legitimacy in Russia

Zusatztext I recommend this provocative, innovative feminist analysis of politics in Putin's Russiato all Russia observers, students of scholars of women's and gender studies, and anyone trying to make sense of the Russia/Ukraine crisis. Sperling's insight into the foreign policy implications of misogyny, combined with her interviews with current Russian feminists, makes Sex, Politics, and Putin a must-read.-Cynthia Enloe, author of Seriously! Investigating Crashes and Crises as If Women Mattered Informationen zum Autor Valerie Sperling is Professor of Political Science at Clark University. She is the author of Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability and Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia: Engendering Transition. Klappentext Sex, Politics, and Putin investigates how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in contemporary Russia. Despite their enmity, regime allies and detractors alike have wielded traditional concepts of masculinity, femininity, and homophobia as a means of symbolic endorsement or disparagement of political leaders and policies. Zusammenfassung Sex, Politics, and Putin investigates how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in contemporary Russia. Despite their enmity, regime allies and detractors alike have wielded traditional concepts of masculinity, femininity, and homophobia as a means of symbolic endorsement or disparagement of political leaders and policies.

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Sperling, Valerie (Professor of Political Science Sperling, Sperling Valerie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780199324347
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932434-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics; Oxford Studies in Culture and
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Politics & government, Social discrimination & inequality, Politics and government, Gay & Lesbian studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet