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005 | 20160128103808.0 | ||
008 | 140122s2015 enka b 001 0 eng | ||
020 | _a9780415715201 (hardback) | ||
020 | _a9780415715218 (paperback) | ||
020 | _a9781315879819 (ebook) | ||
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_a327.101 _bSHE |
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_aShepherd,Laura J. _97959 |
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_aGender matters in global politics : _ba feminist introduction to international relations / _cedited by Laura J Shepherd. |
250 | _aSecond edition. | ||
300 | _axxvii, 492 pages : | ||
440 |
_aGender matters in global politics : _97960 |
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520 | _a"Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying feminism & international relations, gender and global politics and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of the most significant theories, methodologies, debates and issues. This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, providing students with provocative and cutting-edge insights into the study and practices of (how) gender matters in global politics. Key features and benefits of the book: Introduces students to the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies Addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics Features extensive pedagogy to facilitate learning seminar exercises, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources and a glossary of key termsNew chapters on Environmental politics and ecology; War; Terrorism and political violence; Land, food and water; International legal institutions; Peacebuilding institutions and postconflict reconstruction; Citizenship; Art, aesthetics and emotionality; and New social media and global resistance In this innovative and groundbreaking textbook gender is represented as a noun, a verb and a logic, allowing both students and lecturers to develop a sophisticated understanding of the crucial role that gender plays in the theories, policies and practices of global politics. "-- | ||
520 | _a"Gender Matters in Global Politics 2nd edition is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying feminism & international relations, gender and global politics and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of the most significant theories, methodologies, debates and issues"-- | ||
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_aInternational relations. _97961 |
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_aFeminism. _92602 |
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_aFeminist theory. _91914 |
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650 | 7 |
_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General. _92548 |
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650 | 7 |
_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. _96447 |
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_aShepherd, Laura J. _97962 |
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