Table of Contents

Notes on contributors; Preface; Section 01 1 Gender, feminism and the state: an overview; Section 01 GEORGINA WAYLEN; Section 02 2 A political theory of gender: perspectives on the ‘universal subject’; Section 02 TERRELL CARVER; Section 03 3 The state and the making of gender: some historical legacies; Section 03 URSULA VOGEL; Section 04 4 Beyond liberalism? Feminist theories of democracy; Section 04 KATE NASH; Section 05 5 The state and the discursive construction of abortion; Section 05 BARRY GILHEANY; Section 06 6 Policing prostitution: gender, the state and community politics; Section 06 BARBARA GWINNETT; Section 07 7 Remasculinisation and the neoliberal state in Latin America; Section 07 NIKKI CRASKE; Section 08 8 The gendered politics of land reform: three comparative studies; Section 08 SUSIE JACOBS; Section 09 9 Gender politics and the state during Russia’s transition period; Section 09 VALERIE SPERLING; Section 10 10 Gender, civil society and the state in China; Section 10 JUDE HOWELL; Section 11 11 Gender and power: women engage the state; Section 11 VICKY RANDALL; Index;

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Vicky Randall

Reviews

'This collection of essays provides a valuable overview of contemporary thinking on the relationship between gender, politics and the state...The editors insightful introduction and conclusion demonstrates not only the complexity of the issues raised but how far feminist thinking has developed in the last few years.' - The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Vol 75, No.2, April 1999