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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of global governance from a gendered perspective. It not only furthers the emerging feminist theorizing on global governance, but also provides a theoretically informed and empirically based analysis of both institutions and transformative practices.
- About the authors
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SHIRIN M. RAI is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. Her main areas of research are gender and international political economy, democratization and political institutions, and she is the author of Gender and the International Political Economy of Development.
GEORGINA WAYLEN is Reader in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK. Her main areas of research are gender and international political economy and gender and transitions to democracy. She is the author of Engendering Transitions and Gender in Third World Politics. - Reviews
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'Theoretically sophisticated, historically informed, and critically reflectve, this gender-sensitive volume significantly advances analyses of global governance. The contributors not only illuminate and draw linkages among crucial themes, but also take up the challenge of identifying multiple sites and strategies for taking action.' - V. Spike Petersen, Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona, USA
'Those who want to think deeply and widely about global governance will find this collection invaluable for its range, authority and clarity. I recommend it highly for researchers, practitioners and students.' - Gillian Youngs, University of Leicester, UK
'Bringing together respected feminist scholars of international relations theory and international political economy (IPE), this collection offers a rich, complex, intellectually powerful, and challenging examination of the highly gendered nature of global governance.' - Mary McAleese, Gender& Development
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: Feminist Perspectives on Analysing and Transforming Global Governance
Pages 1-18
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Analysing Global Governance
Pages 19-42
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Gender and the Making of Global Markets: An Exploration of the Agricultural Sector
Pages 43-63
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Global Governance as Neo-liberal Governmentality: Gender Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy
Pages 64-83
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Governing Intimacy in the World Bank
Pages 84-106
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Global Governance
- Book Subtitle
- Feminist Perspectives
- Editors
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- S. Rai
- G. Waylen
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-58393-1
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230583931
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-53704-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-53705-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 318
- Topics
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