Gender and Governance

Lisa D. Brush turns a gendered lens on states, power, and governance, showing the inherent inequalities in political systems and gender systems and how they intersect. She reveals the way in which state power supports male dominance in American and other western political systems. This book a useful antidote to traditional textbooks on government, the state, politics, and social policy.

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By Lisa D. Brush

Summary

Reveals the way in which state power supports male dominance in American and other western political systems. This book turns a gendered lens on states, power, and governance, showing the inherent inequalities in political systems and gender systems and how they intersect.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa D Brush, Lisa D. Brush
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780759101425
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0142-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 228 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Gender Lens Series; Gender Lens; Gender Lens (Paperback Rowman); Gender Lens; Gender Lens (Paperback Rowman)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories