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ISBN 13: 9780813313108
ISBN 10: 0813313104
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/20/1993
Publisher: Westview Pr

Global Gender Issues

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List of Tables and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction: The Gender of World Politics	p. 1
How Lenses Work	p. 1
Why Global?	p. 3
Why Gender?	p. 5
Why Issues?	p. 10
The Immediacy and Import of Global Gender Issues	p. 11
Gender as a Lens on World Politics	p. 17
The Social Construction of Gender and Gender Hierarchy	p. 19
The Gendered Who, What, and How of World Politics	p. 29
Gendered Divisions of World Politics	p. 33
Gendered Divisions of Power	p. 45
Women as State Actors	p. 46
How and Why Are These Women Rendered Invisible?	p. 51
Why So Few?	p. 58
How Do Women Get to the Top?	p. 68
What Are the Gender Consequences of Women in Power?	p. 69
What Makes Actors/Agents Powerful? Who Gets Attention? For What?	p. 72
Locating Power: Nationally and Internationally	p. 73
Gendered Divisions of Violence, Labor, and Resources	p. 79
Violence: War and Security Issues	p. 81
Labor: Economic Issues	p. 91
Resources: Equity and Ecology Issues	p. 105
The Politics of Resistance: Women as Nonstate, Antistate, and Transstate Actors	p. 113
Women's Movements	p. 116
Antiwar and Peace Movements	p. 123
Revolutionary Movements	p. 129
Economic Movements	p. 135
Ecology Movements	p. 142
Ungendering World Politics	p. 149
Ungendering Power and Politics	p. 149
Ungendering Violence	p. 157
Ungendering Labor	p. 160
Ungendering Resources	p. 163
Discussion Questions	p. 167
Notes	p. 171
Suggested Readings	p. 183
Glossary	p. 189
About the Book and Authors	p. 195
Index	p. 197
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