Women, Gender, and World Politics: Perspectives, Policies, and Prospects

by Peter R. Beckman

Overview

Written as an introductory textbook for the study of world politics and the analysis of gender, this work is suitable for courses in International Relations, international political economy, women's studies, gender studies, and Feminist studies. The 14 authors who have collaborated on this publication are a diverse group of diplomats, scholars, and political activists from the United States, Canada, and many other nations. This text is designed to parallel traditional IR introductory texts that examine the field and describe how it ought to be studied and why. The contributors consider gender analysis as an alternative perspective for understanding world politics. For instructors, this anthology offers both a complement to and a critique of traditional approaches to the study of world politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897893053
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/30/1994
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

PETER R. BECKMAN is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He is the author of World Politics in the Twentieth Century (1984) and co-author of The Nuclear Predicament (2d ed, 1992).

FRANCINE D'AMICO is Visiting Research Fellow in the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. She has written on women at war and the combat controversy. She is an officer of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section in the International Studies Association.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Perspectives
Realism, Women, and World Politics by Peter R. Beckman
A Feminist Critique of Political Realism by J. Ann Tickner
Behavioral Theories: The Science of International Politics and Women by Karen A. Feste
Pluralist and Critical Perspectives, Women, and World Politics by Francine D'Amico
Feminist Theories: From Women to Gender and World Politics by Sandra Whitworth
Third World Feminist Perspectives on World Politics by Hamideh Sedghi
Policies
Thinking about Women and International Violence by Jean Bethke Elshtain
The Cold War and the Feminine Mystique by Rebecca Grant
The United Nations and Women's Issues by Margaret E. Galey
Women and Development by Nüket Kardam
Women and the International Political Economy by Geeta Chowdhry
Prospects
Creating Change Through Adult Education: Suggestions for Two Priority Areas by Birgit Brock-Utne
"If Men Are the Problem. . ." by Ralph Pettman
Radical Feminism: Alternative Futures by Anne Sisson Runyan
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index