Publisher Description

States are where the power lies, and power is gendered. With these simple statements, Lisa Brush turns a gendered lens on states, power, and governance, showing the inherent inequalities in political systems and gender systems and how they intersect. Her gender lens allows a clear assessment of the different effects state power and social polices have on men and women, highlighting both difference and dominance in the governance of gender. She then turns her eye on the way in which state power supports male dominance, the gender of governance. Her nuanced arguments supported by cases from the American and other western political systems will make this book a useful antidote to traditional textbooks on government, the state, politics, and social policy.

Author Biography

Lisa D. Brush teaches sociology and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Part 1 PART ONE: GENDER, STATES AND SOCIAL POLICIES Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Where the Power Is Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Governance through a Gender Lens Part 4 PART TWO: GOVERNANCE THROUGH A GENDER LENS Chapter 5 Chapter 3: The Governance of Gender Chapter 6 Chapter 4: The Gender of Governance Part 7 PART THREE: TOWARD FEMINIST GOVERNANCE Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Changing the Subject Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Slouching toward Where the Power Is Chapter 10 Suggestions for further reading Chapter 11 References

Review

A concise guide to the arguments in the growing literature on gender and governance of the past two decades, as well as to some classic works. . . . Highly recommended. -- M.A. Saint-Germain, California State University, Long Beach * CHOICE, April 2004 *
A clear assessment of the different effects state power and social policies have on men and women, highlighting both difference and dominance in the governance of gender. * Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Feb. 2004 *

Long Description

States are where the power lies, and power is gendered. With these simple statements, Lisa Brush turns a gendered lens on states, power, and governance, showing the inherent inequalities in political systems and gender systems and how they intersect. Her gender lens allows a clear assessment of the different effects state power and social polices have on men and women, highlighting both difference and dominance in the governance of gender. She then turns her eye on the way in which state power supports male dominance, the gender of governance. Her nuanced arguments supported by cases from the American and other western political systems will make this book a useful antidote to traditional textbooks on government, the state, politics, and social policy.

Review Quote

A concise guide to the arguments in the growing literature on gender and governance of the past two decades, as well as to some classic works. . . . Highly recommended.

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