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Endangered Daughters
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 63.95This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world. It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive... more...
Gender Knot Revised Ed
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 27.95The Gender Knot , Allan Johnson's response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn't, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson's simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger,... more...
Sisterhood, Interrupted
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 14.99Chronicling the battles that have shaped conceptions of feminism, this book illuminates how younger women are reliving, often without realizing it, the battles of the past. It argues that younger women are not abandoning the movement but reinventing it. more...
Gender and Elections
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 23.00This book examines the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2004 elections as well as providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. more...
Women and Collective Action in Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 34.00A clear, comprehensive examination of how women in throughout Africa use collective action. more...
When Gossips Meet
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 70.00This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England sought to make the best of their lives in a society that excluded or marginalized them in almost every sphere. It argues that networks of close friends ('gossips') provided invaluable moral and practical support, helping them to shape their own lives and to... more...
Out of the Margin
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 69.95Out of the Margin is the first volume to consider feminist concerns across the entire domain of economics. The book addresses the philosophical roots of 'rational economic man', power relations and conflicts of interest within the family, the limitations of relying on secondary data and the policy implications of neo-classical models. With its range... more...
Worlding Women
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95In Worlding Women Jan Jindy Pettman asks 'Where are the women in international relations'? She develops a broad picture of women in colonial and post-colonial relations; racialized, ethnic and national identity conflicts; in wars, liberation movements and peace movements; and in the international political economy. Bringing contemporary feminist... more...
Feminist Activism in the 1990s
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95Feminist activism is often taught as an historical phenomenon, and many students entering courses on women's studies are not familiar with current feminist work in the field. This book documents a wide variety of different forms of feminist activism in the 1990s, from organisations such as "Rights for Women" and "Southall Black Sisters" to "Asian Women's... more...
Women in English Society, 1500-1800
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Provides a systematic analysis of various aspects of women's lives between 1500 and 1800, concentrating on detailed research into specific groups of women where it has been possible to build up a picture in some detail. more...









