Gender Matters in Global Politics : A Feminist Introduction to International Relations
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Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying politics, international relations, development and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of feminist methodologies, gender theory and feminist approaches to key topics and themes in global politics.
This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, bringing together cutting-edge feminist scholarship in a variety of areas.
This fully revised and updated third edition:
- introduces students to feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics;
- explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of fields of study, including international relations, international political economy and security studies;
- presents feminist approaches to key contemporary issues such as climate change, digital politics, war and militarism, disability and global health; and
- features pedagogical tools and resources, including discussion questions, suggestions for further reading and online resources.
This text enables students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the work that gender does in policies and practices of global politics.