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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Lisa D. Brush

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Brush, Lisa D Brush
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2003
• EAN: 9780759101418
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0141-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 247 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories