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Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 135.95Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies more...
Sex Wars
Routledge 2006; US$ 24.95Examines the bitter cultural and political battles over sexuality that have roiled the nation over the last quarter of a century. Since the 1995 publication of the original ''Sex Wars'', the political landscape has altered significantly. Yet the issues between feminism, activism, politics, and the law are still relevant. more...
Social Psychology of Gender
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 99.95Real options theory has attracted significant interest in the field of strategic management. Advocates of the approach emphasize that importing concepts from financial economics holds out the potential of yielding new insights on strategic decision-making under uncertainty as well as boundary-of-the-firm issues that are the focus of competitive and... more...
The Gender of Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 44.95As developments in the European Union and elsewhere make the re-examination of citizenship a pressing issue, this book reflects on the persisting "masculine" character of contemporary democracy and the measures taken in the EU to combat it. Combining a theoretical approach with a specific critique of EU gender policy, The Gender of Democracy ... more...
African Masculinities
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 115.00While masculinity studies enjoys considerable growth in the West, there is very little analysis of African masculinities. This volume explores what it means for an African to be masculine and how male identity is shaped by cultural forces. The editors believe that to tackle the important questions in Africa-the many forms of violence (wars, genocides,... more...
Justice, Gender, and the Politics of Multiculturalism
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 30.00Explores the tensions that arise in pursuing justice for minority groups and gender equality. more...
Judith Butler
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 59.95Judith Butler's work on gender, sexuality, identity, and the body has proved massively influential across a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Yet it is also notoriously difficult to access. This key book provides a comprehensive introduction to Butler's work, plus a critical examination of it and its precursors,... more...
Living Gender after Communism
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 23.95How has the collapse of communism across Europe and Eurasia changed gender? In addition to acknowledging the huge costs that fell heavily on women, Living Gender after Communism suggests that moving away from communism in Europe and Eurasia has provided an opportunity for gender to multiply, from varieties... more...
Men Speak Out
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 39.95Men Speak Out is a collection of essays written by and about pro-feminist men. In the essays, which feature original, lively and accessible prose, anti-sexist men make sense of their gendered experiences in today?s culture. The authors tackle the issues of feminism, growing up male, recognizing masculine privilege, taking action to change the... more...
The Sexual Politics of Time
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 47.95Looking at a diverse range of texts including Marilyn French's The Women's Room , Philip Roth's Patrimony , the writings of Walter Benjamin and Fredric Jameson, and films such as Cinema Paradiso , Susannah Radstone argues that though time has been foregrounded in theories of postmodernism, those theories have ignored the question of time and sexual... more...









